Timeline of the premiership of Narendra Modi

The following is a timeline of the Premiership of Narendra Modi 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 .

First term

May 2014

• 26 May – Modi Sworn in as 14th Prime Minister of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.[1]
• 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.

June 2014

• 16–17 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.[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]
• 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.

July 2014

• 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.[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]
• 16 July – 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

• 1 to 2 September – Two day trip by Modi to Japan. He met Mr. Shinzo Abe meet at Akasaka Palace, in Tokyo, Japan.[11]
• 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, Mr. 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 Mr. Bill Gates and Mrs. Melinda Gates
• 24 September – Modi was at the ISRO headquarter in Bangalore to witness the martian orbit insertion of Mars Orbiter Mission.[12]
• 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 – Trip to Vijayanagar, Karnataka

October 2014

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

May 2015

• 9 May – Modi launches Jan Suraksha Schemes.[13]
• 17 May – Trip to China
• 18 May – Trip to Mongolia
• 19 May – Trip to South Korea
• 25 May – Modi addresses a rally in Mathura.
• 26 May – Modi launches DD Kisan.

June 2015

• 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.[14]
• 21 June – 1st Yoga Day Celebrated, led by PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This gathering was held at Raj Path, New Delhi, India.[15]
• 24 June - Launches Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for providing houses for rural and urban low and mid income group.

July 2015

• 6 July – Trip to Uzbekistan.
• 8 July – Trip to Kazakhstan.
• 10 July – Trip to Russia to attend BRICS and SCO summit in Ufa, Russia.
• 11 July – Trip to Turkmenistan.
• 12 July – Trip to Kyrgyzstan.
• 13 July – Trip to Tajikistan.[16]

May 2016

• 1 May: Launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for providing free LPG connection to poor women.

November 2016

• 8 Nov- Announcement of Demonetization of Indian currency denominations of Rs 500 and 1000.[17]

August 2017

• 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.[18]

December 2017

• 28 December - Lok Sabha passed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017.[19] 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 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.[20][21] 19 amendments were moved in Lok Sabha but all were rejected.

January 2019

• 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.[22][23]

February 2019

• 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
• 29 February - Inaugurates the National War memorial.[24]

Second term

May 2019

• 23 May - Wins for the second time as Member of Parliament from the city of Varanasi.[25]
• 30 May - Sworn in for the second time as the 15th Prime Minister of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

June 2019

• 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.[26][27]

July 2019

• 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[28] and then by Rajya Sabha on 30 July 2019,[29] and received the presidential ascent soon thereafter. The bill stands to be retrospectively effective from 19 September 2018.

August 2019

• 5 August - Home Minister Amit Shah moved a presidential resolution to scrap Article 370 in the Rajya Sabha,[30] and also a bill to reorganize the state, creating the new union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.[31] The Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation act became effective from 31 October 2019.

November 2019

• 9 November - India's Supreme Court rules to hand over the disputed site (2.77 acres) to a government-created trust to built the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, it also ruled to the government to provide an alternate 5 acres of land to the Sunni Waqf Board to built a mosque.[32][33][34]

December 2019

• 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.[35]

March 2020

• 24 March - Prime Minister applied national wide lockdown on seeing amid covid pandemic.

May 2020

• 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.[36]
• 15 May - Prime Minister gave the clarification and motto of Atmanirbhar Bharat to strong economy of the nation.[37]
• 22 May - Prime Minister made project to counter the Amphan cyclone in West Bengal and Orissa and also visited the affected areas.[38]

June 2020

• 16 June - Prime Minister held virtual meeting with Chief ministers of all states regarding the Unlock-1 in India.[39]
• 18 June - Prime Minister launches auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining.[40]
• 19 June - Prime Minister held meeting regarding India-China border dispute.[41]

July 2020

• 3 July - Prime Minister visits to Nimu, Ladakh to see border situation.[42]
• 30 July - Prime Minister along with Mauritius prime minister, Pravind Jugnauth innaugrates new parliament building of Mauritius.[43]

August 2020

• 1 August - Prime Minister addresses Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020.[44]
• 5 August - Prime Minister prays at Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya,[45] and then held the bhoomipoojan in Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.[46]

September 2020

• 17 September - The Lok Sabha approved three farm reform bills.
• 20 September - The Rajya Sabha approved three farm reform bills.[47]
• 27 September - The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent on the approved three farm reform bills.[48]

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