India's Narendra Modi on Tuesday took charge as the newly appointed prime minister of the world's largest democracy and Asia's third-largest economy, and announced a list of politicians who will hold key positions in his government. br br Modi's swearing-in ceremony was attended by several leaders of countries in the region, including Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sharif, who told local media that he had come to India to "build better ties," reportedly discussed the issue of terrorism and regional trade with Modi, who also met with Karzai and discussed the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat last week. br br Prime Minister of India br Narendra Modi br Cabinet Ministers: br 1. Rajnath Singh - Home Affairs br 2. Arun Jaitley - Finance + Defence br 3. Nitin Gadkari - Surface Transport and Shipping br 4. Sushma Swaraj - External Affairs br 5. Venkaiah Naidu - Heavy Industries + Urban Development br 6. D. V. Sadananda Gowda - Railways br 7. Uma Bharti - Water Resources br 8. Najma Heptullah - Minorities br 9. Gopinath Munde br 10. Ram Vilas Paswan br 11. Kalraj Mishra br 12. Maneka Gandhi - Women and Child Development br 13. Ananth Kumar - Parliamentary Affairs (+ Additional Charge) br 14. Ravi Shankar Prasad - Telecom + Law and Justice br 15. Ashok Gajapathi Raju br 16. Anant Geete br 17. Harsimrat Kaur Badal br 18. Narendra Singh Tomar br 19. Jual Oram br 20. Radha Mohan Singh - Agriculture br 21. Thawar Chand Gehlot br 22. Smriti Irani - HRD br 23. Dr. Harsh Vardhan - Health br br Ministers of State (with Independent Charge) br 1. Rao Inderjit Singh br 2. Gen (retd) V.K. Singh br 3. Santosh Gangwar br 4. Sripad Naik br 5. Dharmendra Pradhan br 6. Sarvanand Sonwal br 7. Prakash Javadekar - Environment + Information and Broadcasting br 8. Piyush Goyal - Power + Coal br 9. Jitendra Singh br 10. Nirmala Sitharaman - Commerce br br Ministers of State: br 1. G.M. Sidheswara br 2. Manoj Sinha br 3. Upendra Kushwaha br 4. Pon. Radhakrishan br 5. Kiran Rijiju br 6. Krishna Pal Gujjar br 7. Sanjay Kumar Balyan br 8. Mansukhbhai Vasava br 9. Rao Saab Danve br 10. Vishnu Dev Sai br 11. Sudarshan Bhagat br 12.