Swearing-in ceremony will be hosted at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan — the path between the main gates and the main building.

Jaitley, Swaraj, Fernandes and Parrikar have been given the award posthumously, the officials said.

According to well-placed sources, the four-man Working Group put forth two suggestions before the Governing Council members.

Shirke, a member of BCCI's western lobby led by former president Shashank Manohar, does not have many supporters in the current dispensatio...