PM’s engagements in UK – November 13th, 2015
PM’s engagements
in UK – November 13th, 2015
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, met the Prime Minister of UK, Mr. David Cameron, in the morning at Chequers. He planted an oak sapling, and the two leaders exchanged gifts.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of UK, Mr. David Cameron, attended the UK-India CEO Forum.
In his opening remarks, Prime Minister Cameron referred to Prime Minister Modi's vision and intent for transforming India.
Shri Narendra Modi spoke of the historical ties and complementarities between the two countries. He said economic ties are extremely important elements of the relationship between countries. He referred to the Union Government's initiatives such as "Make in India", emphasis on infrastructure, opening up of FDI in various sectors, and commitments towards 50 million new houses by 2022 and 175 GigaWatts of renewable energy. He said investment by British companies in India would be a win-win partnership for both countries.
The Queen hosted lunch for Prime Minister Modi. Gifts were exchanged during the meeting.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, said India's immense diversity is its speciality, pride and strength. Addressing a massive gathering of the British-Indian Community at the Wembley Stadium in London, in the presence of UK Prime Minister David Cameron, the Prime Minister spoke of the great contributions of the Sikh community and of India's Sufi tradition. He recalled his meeting with the Sikh community in London yesterday, and said he shared their pain, understood their problems and was working to resolve them.
Expounding his vision of India, in his speech which lasted more than one hour, the Prime Minister recalled Imran Khan of Alwar, Rajasthan, who has made about 50 education apps and distributed them free. He also recalled a Sarpanch in Haryana, who had responded to his Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao call, with a "Selfie with Daughter" campaign, which eventually became a global success. He said he was sure of India's bright future because his vision of India, was the India of Imran Khan who created and gave education apps for free; and of the Sarpanch who had conceived Selfie with India. He said there are countless such people in India.
The Prime Minister said all major religions of the world are present in India, and in big numbers too. He said the Indian diaspora carries these values with it wherever they go, and hence they are great ambassadors for India.
The Prime Minister spoke of his Government's initiatives so far, and of his plans especially on Swachh Bharat and Clean Energy, to transform the lives of India's citizens. He said India would lead a global "Solar Alliance" of countries blessed with abundant solar radiation, to pursue the goal of economical solar energy generation.
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PM addresses
British-Indian Community at Wembley Stadium
PM: Diversity is India's speciality, pride and strength
PM: India is recognised today as a land of power and possibilities
The Prime
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today said India's immense diversity is its
speciality, pride and strength. Addressing a massive gathering of the
British-Indian Community at the Wembley Stadium in London, in the presence of
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, the Prime Minister spoke of the great
contributions of the Sikh community and of India's Sufi tradition. He recalled
his meeting with the Sikh community in London yesterday, and said he shared
their pain, understood their problems and was working to resolve them.
Expounding his vision of India, in his speech which lasted more than one hour, the Prime Minister recalled Imran Khan of Alwar, Rajasthan, who has made about 50 education apps and distributed them free. He also recalled a Sarpanch in Haryana, who had responded to his Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao call, with a "Selfie with Daughter" campaign, which eventually became a global success. He said he was sure of India's bright future because his vision of India, was the India of Imran Khan who created and gave education apps for free; and of the Sarpanch who had conceived Selfie with India. He said there are countless such people in India.
The Prime Minister said all major religions of the world are present in India, and in big numbers too. He said the Indian diaspora carries these values with it wherever they go, and hence they are great ambassadors for India.
The Prime Minister spoke of his Government's initiatives so far, and of his plans especially on Swachh Bharat and Clean Energy, to transform the lives of India's citizens. He said India would lead a global "Solar Alliance" of countries blessed with abundant solar radiation, to pursue the goal of economical solar energy generation.
India is much bigger and far greater than what you see on TV screens and newspaper headlines, the Prime Minister said.
Expounding his vision of India, in his speech which lasted more than one hour, the Prime Minister recalled Imran Khan of Alwar, Rajasthan, who has made about 50 education apps and distributed them free. He also recalled a Sarpanch in Haryana, who had responded to his Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao call, with a "Selfie with Daughter" campaign, which eventually became a global success. He said he was sure of India's bright future because his vision of India, was the India of Imran Khan who created and gave education apps for free; and of the Sarpanch who had conceived Selfie with India. He said there are countless such people in India.
The Prime Minister said all major religions of the world are present in India, and in big numbers too. He said the Indian diaspora carries these values with it wherever they go, and hence they are great ambassadors for India.
The Prime Minister spoke of his Government's initiatives so far, and of his plans especially on Swachh Bharat and Clean Energy, to transform the lives of India's citizens. He said India would lead a global "Solar Alliance" of countries blessed with abundant solar radiation, to pursue the goal of economical solar energy generation.
India is much bigger and far greater than what you see on TV screens and newspaper headlines, the Prime Minister said.
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PM’s gifts to the Queen of
Britain
The Prime Minister today presented Her Majesty The
Queen some photographs taken 54 years ago from her first visit to India in
January-February 1961 when she was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade
in New Delhi. During the visit, Her Majesty had also visited some other cities
including Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Udaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru and
Chennai.
Taken on January 31, 1961, the first photograph
shows her visiting the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, one day after the
commemoration of the 13th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The second photograph was taken on February 19, 1961 in Chennai, and shows Her
Majesty at a reception in her honour by the then State of Madras where she was
presented a cake to mark the first birthday of HRH Prince Andrew, the Duke of
York. The third photograph was taken on February 25, 1961 and shows Her
Majesty riding an elephant in a procession to Balua Ghat in
Varanasi, the Prime Minister’s parliamentary constituency. Another photo, taken
on February 24, 1961, shows her visiting the Atomic Energy Centre at Trombay.
In addition, the Prime Minister also presented to
Her Majesty some award-winning Darjeeling tea from Makaibari tea estate in West
Bengal, fine organic honey from Jammu and Kashmir, and Tanchoi stoles that are
a specialty of Varanasi.
January
31, 1961; Ahmedabad. Her Majesty visiting Sabarmati Ashram
February
19, 1961; Chennai. Her Majesty cutting a cake to celebrate the first birthday
of Prince Andrew
February
25, 1961; Varanasi. Her Majesty riding an elephant in a procession from
Nandesar Palace to Balua Ghat
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India, UK PMs
attend CEO Forum
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of UK, Mr. David Cameron, today attended the UK-India CEO Forum.
In his opening remarks, Prime Minister Cameron referred to Prime Minister Modi's vision and intent for transforming India.
Shri Narendra Modi spoke of the historical ties and complementarities between the two countries. He said economic ties are extremely important elements of the relationship between countries. He referred to the Union Government's initiatives such as "Make in India", emphasis on infrastructure, opening up of FDI in various sectors, and commitments towards 50 million new houses by 2022 and 175 GigaWatts of renewable energy. He said investment by British companies in India would be a win-win partnership for both countries.
CEOs from both sides made brief observations. It was observed that the current time represents a " tidal wave of opportunity" in India for investors.
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PM’s gift to British Prime
Minister
The Prime Minister
today presented British Prime Minister David Cameron a specially handcrafted
pair of bookends made of wood, marble and silver. The centerpiece of each of
these bookends is a silver bell, an object of rich symbolism relating to inner
wisdom and tidings, which has a verse from the Bhagavad Gita etched
in Sanskrit, along with its English meaning along the inside rim. Taken from
Chapter 13 of the Bhagavad Gita, these verses (15-16)
describe the ultimate underlying reality. Each bell has one verse etched on it.
Without all beings, yet within; immovable yet moving; so
subtle that it cannot be perceived; so far yet so near It is. (Verse 15)
It is indivisible yet appears divided in all beings. Know
it to be the creator, the preserver and the destroyer. (Verse 16)
In addition, in view of Prime
Minister Cameron’s fondness for Robert Graves’ work on World War I Goodbye
to All That, the Prime Minister also presented to him David Omissi’s Indian
Voices of the Great War.
For the First Lady, the Prime
Minister presented Aranmula metal mirror, a unique GI protected handicraft from
Kerala, and some pashmina stoles.
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