Timeline of the Narendra Modi premiership

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Narendra Modi, who is serving the Prime minister of India since 2014. The following is a timeline of the premiership from his inauguration as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014 till now.

The following are the highlights of the major events that took place under his premiership.^[1]

• 26 May – Modi Sworn in as 14th Prime Minister of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.^[2]
• 27 May – Modi held bilateral talks with each visiting head of state/head of government of eight SAARC nation plus Mauritius at Hyderabad House, New Delhi. This event was dubbed as mini SAARC summit in the media.

• 15–16 June – 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.^[3] He also sought to build business ties,^[4] including a hydro-electric deal and inaugurated the India-funded Supreme Court of Bhutan building in Thimpu.^[5] 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.^[6] He was further set to discuss the insurgency in Northeast India, and China.^[7]
• 30 June – 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.

• 13–16 July – 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.^[8] 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 government 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."^[9] He travelled there via Germany.^[10]
• 16 July – Modi met the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff on the sidelines of the 6th BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, in July 2014.

• 28 August - Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was formally launched.^[11]

• 1 to 2 September – Two day trip by Modi to Japan. He met Shinzo Abe at Akasaka Palace, in Tokyo, Japan.^[12]
• 5 September – Modi meets the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott on his State Visit to India and holds talks on bilateral, regional and other important issues.
• 8 September – PM visits Jammu and Kashmir; reviews situation in flood affected areas.
• 10 September – Modi meets Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong.
• 11 September – Modi chairs a high-level meeting on Mission Swacch Bharat; calls for making it a mass movement and linking it to economic activity.
• 17 September – Modi and Chinese President, Xi Jinping witness signing of 3 MoUs in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• 19 September – Modi meets Bill Gates and Melinda Gates.
• 24 September – Modi was at the ISRO headquarter in Bangalore to witness the martian orbit insertion of Mars Orbiter Mission.^[13]
• 25 September – Modi unveils the global ‘Make in India’ initiative.
• 26 September – Five day trip to US invited by Barack Obama, included attending the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
• 27 September – Modi addresses the United Nations General Assembly.
• 28 September – PM addresses Indian Community at Madison Square Garden in New York; announces sweeping changes in PIO and OCI schemes.
• 29 September – Modi addresses the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.
• 30 September – Prime Minister Modi visits Martin Luther King Memorial.

• 2 October - PM Modi launches Swachh Bharat Mission.^[14]
• 3 October - First show of Mann Ki Baat is held.^[15]

• 23 March – Trip to Singapore.

• 9 April – Trip to France.
• 12 April – Trip to Germany.
• 14 April – Trip to Canada.^[16]

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

• 6 June - Trip to Bangladesh
• 7 June - On behalf of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PM Narendra Modi receives the Bangladesh Liberation War honour.
• 9 June - Assesses healthcare initiatives.
• 11 June – Bangladesh Liberation War Honour presented to Atal Bihari Vajpayee was handed over to family members by PM Narendra Modi.^[19]
• 21 June – First Yoga Day Celebrated, led by PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This gathering was held at Raj Path, New Delhi, India.^[20]
• 24 June - Launches Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for providing houses for rural and urban low and mid income group.

• 6 July – Trip to Uzbekistan.^[21]
• 8 July – Trip to Kazakhstan.
• 10 July – Trip to Russia to attend BRICS and SCO summit in Ufa, Russia.
• 13 July - PM Narendra Modi's visit to Tajikistan.^[22]

• 28 February - PM Modi first talked of the target of doubling farmers' income at a farmer's rally in Uttar Pradesh.^[23]

• 1 May - Launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for providing free LPG connection to poor women.
• 9 May - Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana launched by PM Modi.^[24]

• 8 November – Announcement of demonetization of Indian currency denominations of Rs 500 and 1000.^[25]

• The BJP Government formulated the Triple talaq Ban after 100 cases of instant triple talaq in the country since the Supreme Court judgement in August 2017.^[26]

• 25 December - PM Modi inaugurates Delhi Metro's magenta line, addresses public meeting in Noida
• 28 December – Lok Sabha passed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017.^[27] The bill make instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddah) in any form – spoken, in writing or by electronic means such as email, SMS and WhatsApp illegal and void, with up to three years in jail for the husband. MPs from RJD, AIMIM, BJD, AIADMK and AIML^{[clarification needed]} opposed the bill, calling it arbitrary in nature and a faulty proposal, while Congress supported the Bill tabled in Lok Sabha by law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.^[28][29] 19 amendments were moved in Lok Sabha but all were rejected.

• 31 October 2018 - The world's tallest statue, Statue of Unity was inaugurated by PM Modi.

• 25 November - 50th edition of Mann Ki Baat held.^[30]

• 3 January - PM Modi attended 106th Science Congress.
• 8 January – India's lower house of parliament approves a bill that would grant residency and citizenship rights to non-Muslim immigrants Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from three Muslim-majority countries - Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan - eligible for Indian citizenship. the Bill excludes Muslims.^[31][32]

• 3 February - PM Modi launches multiple development projects in Srinagar. PM Modi lays foundation stone and inaugurates development projects in Jammu. PM Modi lays foundation stone and inaugurates development projects in Leh
• 11 February - PM Modi takes part in the 3 billionth meal of Akshaya Patra mid-day meal programme in Vrindavan
• 14 February – Pulwama suicide attack resulting in death of 40 CRPF personnel while Narendra Modi was shooting for Discovery in Jim Corbett National park.
• 26 February – Authorizes air strike on Balakot terrorist camp in Pakistan.^[33]
• 29 February – Inaugurates the National War memorial.^[34]

• 23 May – Wins for the second time as Member of Parliament from the city of Varanasi.^[35]
• 30 May – Sworn in for the second time as the 15th Prime Minister of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

• 21 June – The government introduced a fresh The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 bill in the Lok Sabha on 21 June 2019.^[36][37]

• 25-30 July – The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 bill which will ban Triple talaq was passed by Lok Sabha on 25 July 2019^[38] and then by Rajya Sabha on 30 July 2019,^[39] and received the presidential ascent soon thereafter. The bill stands to be retrospectively effective from 19 September 2018.

• 5 August – Home Minister Amit Shah moved a presidential resolution to scrap Article 370 in the Rajya Sabha,^[40] and also a bill to reorganize the state, creating the new union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.^[41] The Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation act became effective from 31 October 2019.

• 9 November – India's Supreme Court rules to hand over the disputed site (2.77 acres) to a government-created trust to build the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, it also ruled to the government to provide an alternate 5 acres of land to the Sunni Waqf Board to build a mosque.^[42][43][44]

• 11 December – Rajya Sabha passes the Citizenship Amendment Bill, providing a path to Indian citizenship for refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who are the religious minorities (Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians) in the three countries and who came to India before 31 December 2014. The law also reduced the naturalization period for the listed religious minorities from these countries from 11 years to 5 years.^[45]

• 12 May – Prime Minister announced an economic stimulus package of 20 trillion rupees, which is equivalent to 10% of India's gross domestic product, during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[46]
• 15 May – Prime Minister gave the clarification and motto of Atmanirbhar Bharat to strong economy of the nation.^[47]
• 22 May – Prime Minister made project to counter the Amphan cyclone in West Bengal and Orissa and also visited the affected areas.^[48]

• 16 June – Prime Minister held virtual meeting with Chief ministers of all states regarding the Unlock-1 in India.^[49]
• 18 June – Prime Minister launches auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining.^[50]
• 19 June – Prime Minister held meeting regarding India-China border dispute.^[51]

• 3 July – Prime Minister visits to Nimu, Ladakh to see border situation.^[52]
• 15 July - On the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, PM Modi exhorts youth to Skill, Reskill and Upskill.
• 17 July - PM Modi delivers keynote address at United Nations Economic and Social Council session.
• 22 July - PM Modi attends the India Ideas Summit.
• 23 July - PM Modi lays foundation stone for Manipur Water Supply Project via video conferencing.
• 27 July - PM Modi launches High Throughput COVID testing facilities at Kolkata, Mumbai and Noida.
• 30 July – Prime Minister along with Mauritius prime minister, Pravind Jugnauth inaugurates new parliament building of Mauritius.^[53]

• 1 August – Prime Minister addresses Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020.^[54]
• 14 August – PM Modi becomes the longest-serving non-Congress Prime Minister.^[55]
• 5 August – Prime Minister prays at Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya,^[56] and then held the bhoomipoojan in Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.^[57]

• 20 September – The Rajya Sabha approved three farm reform bills.^[58]
• 27 September – The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent on the approved three farm reform bills.^[59]

• 3 October - The PM inaugurates Atal Tunnel.^[60]

• 12 December - PM Modi delivers inaugural address at FICCI's 93rd Annual General Meeting.^[61]
• 15 December - PM Modi lays foundation stone of multiple development initiatives in Kutch.^[62]
• 17 December - PM Modi, Bangladesh PM hold virtual bilateral meeting.^[63]
• 18 December - PM Modi addresses Kisan Sammelan held in Madhya Pradesh.^[64]
• 21 December - PM Modi holds Virtual Summit with PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam.^[65]
• 22 December - PM Modi awarded the Legion of Merit by the United States of America.^[66] PM Modi addresses Centenary Celebrations of Aligarh Muslim University.^[67]
• 24 December - PM Modi addresses centenary celebrations of Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan.^[68]
• 25 December - PM Modi releases installment of financial benefit under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.^[69]
• 28 December - PM Modi flags off 100th Kisan Rail from Maharashtra to West Bengal.^[70]
• 29 December - PM Modi inaugurates New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.^[71]
• 31 December - PM Modi lays Foundation Stone of AIIMS at Rajkot.^[72]

• 1 January - PM Modi lays foundation stone of Light House projects (LHPs) across six states.^[73]
• 2 January - PM Modi lays foundation stone of the permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur in Odisha.^[74]

• 14 February - PM Modi launched five developmental projects in Kerala, projects worth crores in Tamil Nadu.^[75]
• 18 February - PM Modi inaugurates road projects worth Rs 7,700 crore in Assam.^[76]

• 9 March - PM virtually inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge (Maitri Setu).^[77]
• 9 March - PM lays the foundation stone for 8 infrastructure projects together worth ₹ 3,518 crore.
• 15 March - PM Modi held a video-conference meeting of all chief ministers in response to the recent spike of COVID-19 cases across India.^[78]

• 7 April - PM Modi held his annual interaction with students Pariksha Pe Charcha.
• 11 April - PM Modi launches Tika Utsav (Vaccine Festival) emphasizing on testing and awareness and urged every eligible person to get vaccinated.^[79]

• 2 May - Official visit to Germany.^[80]
• 3 May - Working visit to Denmark.^[80]
• 4 May - Trip to France.^[81]
• 16 May - Fifth trip to Nepal.^[82]
• 23 May - Trip to Japan.^[83]

• 26 June - Trip to Germany.^[84]
• 28 June - Trip to UAE.

• 15 September - Trip to Uzbekistan.^[85]
• 27 September - Trip to Japan.^[86]

• 15 November - Trip to Indonesia for G-20 summit.^[87]

• 30 April - 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat is aired.^[88]

• 19 May - PM Modi visits Japan.^[89]
• 21 May - PM visits Papua New Guinea.^[90]
• 22 May - PM Modi visits Australia.^[91]
• 28 May - New parliament building of was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi.^[92]

• 20 June - PM Modi is on a state visit to the United Nations at United States of America.^[93]
• 25 June - PM Modi visits Egypt.^[93]

July 2023

• 13 July - PM is on an official visit to France.^[94]
• 15 July - PM visits UAE.^[94]

• 25 August - Trip to Greece.^[95]

September 2023

• 5 September - Trip to Indonesia.
• 9-10 September - The eighteenth meeting of G20 (Group of Twenty) was held in Bharat Mandapam, Delhi on 9–10 September 2023. It was the first G20 summit held in India.^{[96][102][103]}
• 19 September - The New Parliament House was first used for official business on this during a Parliamentary Special Session.^[104] On the same day, Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 was introduced in Lok Sabha during the special session of Parliament. This legislation seeks to allocate 33 percent of the seats in the directly elected Lok Sabha, State legislative assemblies and Delhi legislative assembly for women.

• 30 November - Trip to UAE.^[105]

• 22 January - PM Modi addressed the opening ceremony of Ram Temple of Ayodhya.^[106]

• 13 February – Prime Minister visits UAE.^[107]
• 14 February – PM Modi visits Qatar.^[108]
• 25 February - PM Modi inaugurates Sudarshan Setu bridge.^[109]
• 29 February - PM Modi in Mauritius.^[110]

• 9 March - PM Modi inaugurates Sela Tunnel.^[111]
• 23 March – PM Modi visits Bhutan.^[112]

• 1 April – Prime Minister Modi addresses the RBI@90 ceremony, commemorating the 90 years journey of the Reserve Bank of India.^[113]

• 4 June – In the 2024 Indian general election, Modi won the Varanasi seat for the consecutive third time, this time with a victory margin of 1,52,513 votes.^[114] The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance formed the government at the centre, getting 293 out of 543 seats, which was quite a major drop in seats as compared to the 2019 elections.
• 9 June – Sworn in for the third time as the 16th Prime Minister of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

• 14-15 June – Prime Minister Modi visited Italy for the 50th G7 summit representing India on invitation by the Italian delegation, the hosts of the event.^[115] He also met several Heads of the Nations and has discussed the bilateral relations between India and the respective countries.^[116]

• 8-9 July – Prime Minister Modi will pay an official visit to the Russian Federation on invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit.^[117]

• 15 August - PM Modi delivered his 11th and longest Independence Day speech at Red Fort of 98 minutes.^[118]
• 21-22 August - PM Modi visited Poland. It marked 45 years since any Indian Prime Minister visited Poland. It draw four-year action plan for the strategic partnership that encompasses security cooperation, trade, technology, connectivity, counter-terrorism, cyber-security and health, the two sides decided to finalise a social security agreement to protect the interests of professionals working in each other's countries and to promote mobility.^[119]
• 22 August - PM Modi visited Ukraine. It was first time since any Indian Prime Minister visited Ukraine.^[120] India and Ukraine signed four agreements to provide for cooperation in agriculture, medicine, culture, humanitarian assistance.^[121] In a gesture of solidarity, India handed over medical support equipment to Ukraine, amounting to a total weight of 22 tonnes. PM Modi also called for a "path to peace through dialogue." on ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, he added India was never a neutral, it stands with peace.^[122][123]
• 30 August - PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Vadhavan Port, which is planned to be one of the largest deep-water ports in India. The port will be in in Palghar, Maharashtra and has an estimated cost of ₹76,000 crore (US$9.1 billion).^[124] PM Modi addressed the Global Fintech Fest, 2024 in Mumbai.^[125]

• 3 September - PM Modi visited Brunei, This visit marked the first time when any Indian Prime minister visited Brunei.^[126]
• 4-5 September - PM Modi visited Singapore. This visit will build synergies in semiconductor ecosystems of Singapore and India.^[127]
• 11 September - PM Modi haired the first meeting of the Governing Board of Anusandhan National Research Foundation This body will continue working towards ensuring a transformation of India's research landscape, thus breaking new ground in the world of science.^[128]
• 21-23 September - PM Modi attended the QUAD Summit of 2024,^[129] an event of Indian diaspora in New York. He hosted the Roundtable of CEOs of several American companies such as Google's Sundar Pichai, Adobe's Shantanu Narayena, Accenture's Julie Sweet and NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, AMD's Lisa Su, HP Inc.'s Enrique Lores, IBM's Arvind Krishna, Dr Noubar Afeyan, Chairman of Moderna, and Verizon's Hans Vestberg.^[130]

President Joe Biden also hosted Modi for a bilateral meeting in his home. He welcomed the progress made towards India sealing procurement of 31 long-endurance MQ-9B armed drones from American defence major General Atomics. PM Modi also addressed the 'Summit of the Future' at the UN General Assembly during the trip.^[131]

• Premiership of Narendra Modi
• List of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi

• PMO (24 May 2014). "Timeline of Narendra Modi". Government of India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.