Cover STORY Feb 28, <strong>2015</strong> Mar 10-11, <strong>2015</strong> Mar 11-13, <strong>2015</strong> Mar 13-14, <strong>2015</strong> Modi’s techno-minister Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister, presented his first budget. Aiming to give a thrust towards developing strategic assets, PM Narendra Modi visited Victoria in the tiny island country of Seychelles and inked a pact to develop the infrastructure of Assumption island. PM Modi’s visit to the island country firmed up plans towards building strategic assets in Agalega in Mauritius. The first Indian PM to visit Sri Lanka after Rajiv Gandhi in 1987, Narendra Modi met newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo and travelled to the Tamil-majority Jaffna province. Mar 15, <strong>2015</strong> Mar 29, <strong>2015</strong> Mar 22, <strong>2015</strong> April 9-12, <strong>2015</strong> Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the full fledged and muchawaited General Budget <strong>2015</strong> that had a bit for every class of society. PM, Modi joined other world leaders to bid goodbye to Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew. The Prime Minister called Lee one ‘among the tallest leaders of our times.’ As the government battled extreme heat over the controversial land acquisition bill, PM, Modi spoke to thousands of farmers over the radio, trying to dispel rumours that his policies are anti-farmer. PM, Modi signed a deal with France for supply of 36 Rafale jets in flyaway condition along with a railway protocol to develop a semi highspeed railway corridor. April 12-14, <strong>2015</strong> April 14-16, <strong>2015</strong> April 14, <strong>2015</strong> April 17, <strong>2015</strong> PM, Modi arrived in Berlin and held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He also inaugurated the India pavilion at the worldfamous Hannover technological fair. Canada signed a landmark agreement of long-term supply of Uranium to India. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced on Twitter that the Indian embassy in Yemen was being evacuated in light of the war there. The government has launched a massive rescue operation earlier in the wartorn country to save thousands of Indians fleeing Yemen. Many countries took the assistance and help of India to evacuate their citizens. PM, Modi undertook a three-nation tour to France, Germany and Canada, exhorting industrialists and CEOs to contribute to the ‘Make in India’ program of the government. April 25, <strong>2015</strong> May 7, <strong>2015</strong> May 14-16, <strong>2015</strong> May 18-19, <strong>2015</strong> The Modi government’s swift and quick response to the Nepal was highly praiseworthy. Within forty minutes of the first tremors, Modi had sent out his first tweet responding to the disaster. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj got a round of applause from all quarters in the Parliament as members across the treasury and opposition benches came together to pass a constitution amendment bill for a historic land boundary agreement with Bangladesh. PM, Modi started his visit to China in Xi’an, the hometown of President Xi Jinping. He also visited Beijing and Shanghai and held extensive meetings with the top Chinese leadership and several business leaders. During PM, Modi’s visit to Seoul, India and South Korea inked seven agreements, including avoidance of double taxation and formalising consultations between National Security Councils of the two nations. 22 WWW.WISHESH.COM | JUNE <strong>2015</strong>
I want my nation to be modified as a secure, prosperous and dignified nation.DO YOU? NARENDRA MODI PRIME MINISTER, INDIA JUNE <strong>2015</strong> | WWW.WISHESH.COM 23
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