The Prime Minister visited Japan and United
States, while the Australian Prime Minister and
the Chinese President visited India in September.
Details of these visits are given below:
Japan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited
Japan from August 30 to September 3, 2014.
Japan promised $35 billion investment in India
over five years. MoUs and other agreements
were signed with regard to: (i) cooperation in
defence, (ii) partnership between Varanasi and
Kyoto, (iii) loan for a coal-fired power plant in
Uttar Pradesh, (iv) new and renewable energy,
(v) infrastructure development, (vi) healthcare,
(vii) transport, and (viii) cooperation in
humanities and social sciences research.36,37
United States, and the UNGA session: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States
from September 26-30, 2014.38
He attended the
69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and made a statement
before the General Assembly.39 He also
conducted bilateral meetings with the Secretary
General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon,
Prime Minister of Nepal, Sushil Koirala, Prime
Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina,
President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and
Prime Minister of Israel, Benyamin Netanyahu
during the visit. He concluded the visit with a
meeting with the President of the United States,
Barack Obama.40Australia: Prime Minister of Australia, Tony
Abbott, visited India from September 4-5, 2014.
An agreement on nuclear energy was signed
between the two countries which allows for
supply of uranium from Australia, among other
things. Three other MoUs were concluded
during the visit on cooperation in sports, water
resources management, and technical and
vocational education/ training.4China: Chinese President, Xi Jinping, visited
India from September 17-19, 2014. During this
visit, China promised $20 billion investment in
India in the next five years. The establishment of
two Chinese industrial parks, one each in Gujarat
and Maharashtra, was also announced. MoUs
and agreements were signed regarding bilateral
economic engagement in the next five years,
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