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May 26th, 2014, is an historical day for the people of India. Bharatheeya Janatha Party lead by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Damodar Das Narendra Modi came

into power with an absolute majority. 30 years of coalition politics came to an end. The incumbent UPA government lead by Congress, infamous for the numerous scams came

to an end. The dynastic Congress ended up with 44 seats, making it ineligible for having a Leader of Opposition post.

GOVERNANCE OR ?

ONE YEAR OF

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After a landslide victory

in elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

and his cabinet are sworn in at an elaborate

function in the forecourt

of the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

May 26, 2014

Modi government got

its first taste of public protests, after its decision to impose a rail

fare hike and increase

the import duty on sugar.

June 21, 2014

The first day of PM, Modi in office was marked by a meeting

with Pakistan Premier

Nawaz Sharif and a handshake.

May 27, 2014

The BRICS Summit, PM,

Modi met the heads

of some of the most powerful nations, China,

Brazil, Russia and South

Africa and got many of

his ideas mentioned in

the declaration.

July 13-16, 2014

Prime Minister dedicated Indias largest warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation and called for making the

country self-reliant on

manufacturing defense

equipment.

June 14, 2014

PM Modis diplomatic

efforts got a boost as he

met Chinese President

Xi Jinping and Russian

President Vladimir Putin

as part of the BRICS

Summit in Brazil.

July 14, 2014

As part of his first foreign visit, Prime Minister chose Bhutan, a land, locked

Himalayan country and

stated that a happy neighbour is integral to

Indias progress.

June 15, 2014

Prime Minister made his

first visit to Nepal in a further indication that

SAARC countries remain

his focus when it comes

to extending Indias foreign policy.

Aug 3, 2014

Narendra Modi made

a pitch for Swacch Bharat and exhorted

countrymen to make

efforts to educate the

girl child in his first Independence day speech.

Aug 15, 2014

The HRD Ministrys directive to all schools

across the country to

live-stream PM Modis

Teachers Day Speech

provided discomfiture to a large section of the

public.

Sep 5, 2014

PM, Modi announced

the initiation of Swacch

Bharat Abhiyan, a nationwide mission to

clean Indias streets and

ensure sanitation.

Oct 2, 2014

PM, Modi announced a

Rs 75 million credit line

for Fiji as he made his

way to Suva.

Nov 19, 2014

In the first elections after the Modi government is voted to

power, BJP lost out in

a majority of the seats

that went for elections

in the states of Uttar

Pradesh, West Bengal.

Aug 25, 2014

The ruling BJP and the

Modi government were

hit by a huge blow after

Shiv Sena, a 25- year-

old ally, broke down leading to break-up of

the alliance ahead of all-

important Maharashtra

elections.

Sep 25, 2014

Maharashtras decisive

election results gave

the BJP the maximum

number of seats in the

state Assembly and a chance to form the

government. Haryana

too, for the first time, gave the BJP the first shot at power..

Oct 19, 2014

Prime Minister made

his second visit to Kathmandu to attend

the SAARC Summit and raised the issue of terrorism in the presence of his Pakistan

counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

Nov 25-27, 2014

PM, Modi formally launched a massive financial inclusion program named Jan

Dhan Yojana that aims to help provide

a bank account for every household in the

country.

Aug 28, 2014

PM, Modi made his way

to Washington to hold

talks with President

Barack Obama on a

historic state visit. He

also addressed the UN

General Assembly.

Sep 26-30, 2014

PM, Modis foreign

outreach continued with

his attendance at the

ASEAN-India and the

East Asia Summits held at

NayPyiDaw in Myanmar.

He travelled to Australia

to set up a meeting with

PM Tony Abbott and a rare

appearance at the Sydney

Cricket Ground.

Nov 12, 2014

BJP created history in

Jammu and Kashmir by

sweeping the Jammu

region and becoming

the second-largest party

in the state Assembly

elections. It also won

Jharkhand in an alliance

with the AJSU.

Dec 23, 2014

Indias ever strong bond

with Japan got a fresh

boost when PM, Modi

visited Kyoto and Tokyo.

He met with Japanese

Premier Shinzo Abe and visited two ancient

Buddhist temples.

Aug 30-Sep 3, 2014

This is Indias century

PM, Modi told a sellout

crowd at the Madison

Square Garden in New

York as part of his historic US visit.

Sep 28, 2014

Narendra Modi became

the first Indian PM to travel to Australia in

28 years. He attended

the G-20 Summit and

held talks with PM Tony

Abbott.

Nov 14-18, 2014

PM, Modi launched a

nationwide program

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao exhorting citizens to prevent female foeticide and

encourage girl child education.

Jan 23, 2015

Indias Republic Day

Celebrations had a high-profile guest, US President Barack

Obama and First Lady

Michelle Obama.

Jan 26, 2015

BJP got a crude shock as

they were handed out

a humiliating defeat by

the Aam Aadmi Party in

the Assembly elections

in Delhi, with only 3

seats in its kitty. While

Congress got a big zero.

Feb 10, 2015

The swearing in ceremony has seen many of the leaders of the neighbouring countries attending the function. This envisaged the new foreign policy of the country. People have overwhelmingly put all their expectation of Ache din as promised by the Prime Ministerial candidate during the elections. The government was able to make the people of the country to feel the working of the government for the prosperity of the country and its citizens. The opposition lead by Congress has not wasted any occasion to ensure that the government cannot function properly or initiate any people centric measures for the welfare of the people, by imposing the delaying tactics by ensuring all the bills are sent to committees. This is possible for the opposition lead by the Congress using the numbers in the Rajya Sabha. This ensured that the bills passed by the Lok Sabha are stalled in the Rajya Sabha.

The government is successful in conveying the delaying tactics of the opposition and the Congress, to the people of the country and it is well accepted by them. But the government is not trembling before the anti-development agenda and delaying tactics of the opposition and the Congress, it went ahead with many initiatives for the safety, security and prosperity of the country and its people. Below is the timeline of the government for the last one year.

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PM Modis visit to the

island country firmed up plans towards building

strategic assets in Agalega in Mauritius.

Mar 11-13, 2015

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.

Mar 22, 2015

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 war-

torn country to save thousands

of Indians fleeing Yemen. Many

countries took the assistance

and help of India to evacuate

their citizens.

April 14, 2015

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 13-14, 2015

PM, Modi signed a deal

with France for supply

of 36 Rafale jets in fly-away condition along

with a railway protocol

to develop a semi high-

speed railway corridor.

April 9-12, 2015

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 17, 2015

Modis techno-minister

Suresh Prabhu, Railway

Minister, presented his

first budget.

Feb 28, 2015

Finance Minister Arun

Jaitley presented the

full fledged and much-awaited General Budget

2015 that had a bit for

every class of society.

Mar 15, 2015

PM, Modi arrived in Berlin and held talks

with German Chancellor

Angela Merkel. He also

inaugurated the India

pavilion at the world-

famous Hannover technological fair.

April 12-14, 2015

The Modi governments

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.

April 25, 2015

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.

Mar 10-11, 2015

PM, Modi joined other

world leaders to bid goodbye to Singapores

founding father Lee Kuan Yew. The Prime

Minister called Lee one among the tallest

leaders of our times.

Mar 29, 2015

Canada signed a landmark agreement

of long-term supply of

Uranium to India.

April 14-16, 2015

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.

May 7, 2015

PM, Modi started his

visit to China in Xian,

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.

May 14-16, 2015

During PM, Modis 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.

May 18-19, 2015

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