Narendra Modi has served as the Prime Minister of India since 2014. The following is a timeline of major events of his premiership from his inauguration on 26 May 2014 till now.
2014 May 2014 16 May – Modi wins the 2014 Indian general election from Varanasi as a Lok Sabha member. 26 May – Modi Sworn in as the prime minister of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. 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 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. He also sought to build business ties, including a hydro-electric deal and inaugurated the India-funded Supreme Court of Bhutan building in Thimphu. 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. He was further set to discuss the insurgency in Northeast India, and China. 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. 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 Brasília 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." He travelled there via Germany. 16 July – Modi met the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff on the sidelines of the 6th BRICS summit in Brasília, Brazil, in July 2014.
August 2014 2 August - The Swachh Bharat campaign to eliminate open defecation is launched 28 August - Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was formally launched.
September 2014 1 to 2 September – Two day trip by Modi to Japan. He met Shinzo Abe at Akasaka Palace, in Tokyo, Japan. 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 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 General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, 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. 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 – Modi visits Martin Luther King Memorial.
October 2014
2 October - Modi launches Swachh Bharat Mission. 3 October - First show of Mann Ki Baat is held.
2015
March 2015
23 March – Trip to Singapore.
April 2015
9 April – Trip to France. 12 April – Trip to Germany. 14 April – Trip to Canada.
May 2015 9 May – Modi launches Jan Suraksha Schemes. 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. 21 June – First Yoga Day Celebrated, led by PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This gathering was held at Raj Path, New Delhi, India. 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. 13 July - PM Narendra Modi's visit to Tajikistan.
2016
February 2016
28 February - Modi first talked of the target of doubling farmers' income at a farmer's rally in Uttar Pradesh.
May 2016 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 Modi.
November 2016 8 November – Announcement of demonetization of Indian currency denominations of Rs 500 and 1000.
2017
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.
December 2017 25 December - 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. 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. 19 amendments were moved in Lok Sabha but all were rejected.
2018 October 2018 31 October 2018 - The world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity, was inaugurated by Modi.
November 2018
25 November – 50th edition of Mann Ki Baat held.
2019
January 2019 3 January – 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.
February 2019 3 February - Modi launches multiple development projects in Srinagar. Modi lays foundation stone and inaugurates development projects in Jammu. Modi lays foundation stone and inaugurates development projects in Leh 11 February - Modi takes part in the 3 billionth meal of Akshaya Patra mid-day meal programme in Vrindavan 14 February – 2019 Pulwama attack took place 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.
May 2019 23 May – Wins for the second time as Member of Parliament from the city of Varanasi. 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.
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 and then by Rajya Sabha on 30 July 2019, and received the presidential assent 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, and also a bill to reorganize the state, creating the new union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. 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 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.
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.
2020
March 2020
19 March – Modi announced a 14-hour curfew on 22 March from 7 AM to 9 PM in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. 24 March – Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in India for 21 days to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 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. 15 May – Prime Minister gave the clarification and motto of Atmanirbhar Bharat to strong economy of the nation. 22 May – Prime Minister made project to counter the Amphan cyclone in West Bengal and Orissa and also visited the affected areas.
June 2020
16 June – Modi held virtual meeting with Chief ministers of all states regarding the Unlock-1 in India. 17 June – Modi addresses the nation in view of the Galwan Valley clash. 18 June – Modi launches auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining. 19 June – Modi held meeting regarding India-China border dispute.
July 2020
3 July – Prime Minister visits to Nimu, Ladakh to see border situation. 17 July - Modi delivers keynote address at United Nations Economic and Social Council session. 22 July - Modi attends the India Ideas Summit. 23 July - Modi lays foundation stone for Manipur Water Supply Project via video conferencing. 27 July - 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.
August 2020
1 August – Modi addresses Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020. 14 August – Modi becomes the longest-serving non-Congress Prime Minister. 5 August – Modi prays at Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya, and then held the bhoomipoojan in Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
September 2020
20 September – The Rajya Sabha approved three farm reform bills.