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
2014
May 2014
26 May – Modi Sworn in as 14th 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 Thimpu. 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 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." He travelled there via Germany. 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.
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. 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. 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 – Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visits Martin Luther King Memorial