Timeline of the premiership of Narendra Modi

The following is a timeline of the Premiership of Modi from his inauguration as Prime Minister of the India on May 26, 2014 till now.

May 2014

• May 26 – Modi Sworn in as 15th Prime Minister of India at the Rastrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.^[1]
• May 27 – Modi held bilateral talks with each visiting head of state/head of government of eight SAARC nation plus Mauritias at Hydrabad house, New Delhi. This event was dubbed as mini SAARC summit in the media.

June 2014

• June 16–17 – Modi made his first foreign visit to Bhutan following an invitation by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Tobgay. The visit was called by the media as a "charm offensive" that would also seek to check Bhutan-China relations that had recently been formalised.^[2] He also sought to build business ties,^[3] including a hydro-electric deal and inaugurated the India-funded Supreme Court of Bhutan building in Thimpu.^[4] While talking about the visit, Modi said that Bhutan was a "natural choice" for his first foreign destination because of the "unique and special relationship" the two countries shared. He added that he was looking forward to nurture and further strengthen India's special relations with Bhutan. His entourage included Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh.^[5] He was further set to discuss the insurgency in Northeast India, and China.^[6]
• June 30 – Modi went to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh to witness the launch of PSLV C23 carrying French satellite SPOT-7 along with other smaller foreign satellites. He also expressed his intention of funding a unique SAARC satellite for the use of all South Asian nations.

July 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

• July 13–16 – In July 2014, he visited Brazil for his first multilateral visit, the 6th BRICS summit was held at the north-eastern beach city of Fortaleza.^[7] In the Fortaleza summit the group have agreed to establish a financial institution rivaling the western dominated World Bank and IMF, The bank would be named the New Development Bank as suggested by the Indian side but Modi govt. failed to bag the bank's headquarter for New Delhi, which would be located in Shanghai, China. Later the BRICS leader also attended an event in Brasilia where they met the UNASUR heads of government. At the same time, the Ministry of External Affairs added Spanish to its list of available languages, which the Hindustan Times read as "indicative of the government's intent to go beyond Europe, Asia and the US to forge diplomatic and trade ties with Latin American nations."^[8] He travelled there via Germany.^[9]
• July 16 – Modi met the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff on the sidelines of the 6th BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, in July 2014.

August 2014

• 28 August: The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was formally launched.^[10]

September 2014

• September 1 to 2 – Two day trip by Modi to Japan. He met Mr. Shinzo Abe meet at Akasaka Palace, in Tokyo, Japan.^[11]
• September 5 – Modi meets the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott on his State Visit to India and holds talks on bilateral, regional and other important issues.
• September 8 – PM visits Jammu and Kashmir; reviews situation in flood affected areas.
• September 10 – Modi meets Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) of Singapore, Mr. Goh Chok Tong
• September 11 – Modi chairs a high-level meeting on Mission Swacch Bharat; calls for making it a mass movement and linking it to economic activity.
• September 17 – Modi and Chinese President, Xi Jinping witness signing of 3 MoUs in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• September 19 – Modi meets Mr. Bill Gates and Mrs. Melinda Gates
• September 24 – Modi was at the ISRO headquarter in Bangalore to witness the martian orbit insertion of Mars Orbiter Mission.^[12]
• September 25 – Modi unveils the global ‘Make in India’ initiative.
• September 26 – Five day trip to US invited by Barack Obama, included attending the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York
• September 27 – Modi addresses the United Nations General Assembly.
• September 28 – PM addresses Indian Community at Madison Square Garden in New York; announces sweeping changes in PIO and OCI schemes.
• September 29 – Modi addresses the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City
• September 30 – Trip to Vijayanagar, Karnataka

October 2014

October 2 – PM launches Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan; initiates cleanliness drive at Valmiki Basti, New Delhi.

May 2015^[13]

• May 9 - Modi launches Jan Suraksha Schemes.
• May 17 - Trip to China
• May 18 - Trip to Mongolia
• May 19 - Trip to South Korea
• May 25 - Modi addresses a rally in Mathura.
• May 26 - Modi launches DD Kisan.

June 2015^[13]

• June 6 - Trip to Bangladesh
• June 7 - On behalf of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PM Narendra Modi receives the Bangladesh Liberation War honour.
• June 9 - Assesses healthcare initiatives.
• June 11 – Bangladesh Liberation War Honour presented to Atal Bihari Vajpayee was handed over to family members by PM Narendra Modi.
• June 21 – 1st Yoga Day Celebrated, led by PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This gathering was held at Raj Path, New Delhi, India.

July 2015^[13]

• July 6 – Trip to Uzbekistan.
• July 8 – Trip to Kazakhstan.
• July 10 – Trip to Russia to attend BRICS and SCO summit in Ufa, Russia.
• July 11 – Trip to Turkmenistan.
• July 12 – Trip to Kyrgyzstan.
• July 13 – Trip to Tajikistan.

August 2015

• August 15 - Gave historical speech from Lal Quila on the day of Independence.^[14]

References

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14. "Narendra Modi`s historic speech at Lal Quila". Zee News. Retrieved 15 August 2015.