{"id":6341,"date":"2015-11-20T09:36:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T09:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2015-11-20T09:36:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T09:36:17","slug":"prime-minister-visit-to-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/prime-minister-visit-to-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister visit to UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Recently, the Prime Minister Modi visited to the United Kingdom. It is the first bilateral visit after-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">a) 8 Years<br \/>\nb) 10 Years<br \/>\nc) 9 Years<br \/>\nd) 6 Years<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ans (c)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>From November 12 to 14, 2015, the Prime Minister of India was on three day visit to United Kingdom (UK).<\/li>\n<li>This is first bilateral visit after 9 years.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh visited the United Kingdom in 2006.<\/li>\n<li>As far as bilateral relations are concerned with the United Kingdom, it is now 11 years of strategic relationship since 2004.<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom and India are actually the leading investors in each other&#8217;s countries.<\/li>\n<li>The figure of Indian investment in the United Kingdom is of 500 to 600 million US dollars annually for the past several years.<\/li>\n<li>UK has 122 Indian FDI investments.<\/li>\n<li>UK is an important partner of India in terms of trade.<\/li>\n<li>India&#8217;s bilateral trade with UK is around US $ 18 million.<\/li>\n<li>There is very strong partnership between the two countries in the fields like science and technology, education, health care and culture.<\/li>\n<li>There are 800 Indian companies operating in the UK and among them Tata is the largest employer in the private sector in U.K.<\/li>\n<li>Indian diaspora is the second largest diaspora in the UK.<\/li>\n<li>The number of Indian origin people in UK is around 1.5 million.<\/li>\n<li>In U.K there are more than 3 Lakhs NRI living and they approximately constitute 2% of UK population.<\/li>\n<li>During the visit, the Prime Minister addressed the United Kingdom&#8217;s Parliament.<\/li>\n<li>He became first Indian prime minister to address \u00a0UK parliament.<\/li>\n<li>During his visit Mr. Modi inaugurated Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Memorial in London.<\/li>\n<li>He unveiled Shri Basaveshwara Statue at the bank of Thames river in London.<\/li>\n<li>He met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.<\/li>\n<li>During the visit, the two countries signed a civil nuclear agreement.<\/li>\n<li>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister David Cameron took part in United Kingdom-India Summit in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>The two Prime Ministers endorsed a &#8220;Vision Statement\u201d setting out the fundamental principles on which the UK-India partnership is built, and outlining a roadmap for deepening co-operationthey resolved to hold biennial PM-level summits to advance the partnership.<\/li>\n<li>They also resolved to agree on a new Defence and International Security Partnership which will intensify cooperation on defence and security, including cyber-security, counter-terrorism and maritime security.<\/li>\n<li>Both the prime minister reiterated for addressing climate change and promoting secure, affordable and sustainable supplies of energy are shared strategic priorities for India and the UK.<\/li>\n<li>Prime Minister Cameron announced to fund 10 million pounds announced for the 5-year technical assistance program in order to bring power sector reforms r at national and state level in India.<\/li>\n<li>The two Prime Ministers welcomed a long-term strategic partnership between India and the UK on the former\u2019s flagship infrastructure investment initiative, the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF), and announced the setting up of a India-UK partnership fund under the umbrella of the NIIF.<\/li>\n<li>Prime Ministers Cameron and Modi noted the deep and fruitful business relationship between the UK and India and welcomed the \u00a39.2 Billion of commercial deals between the UK and India announced during the visit and listed in the annex.<\/li>\n<li>The two Prime Ministers welcomed HSBC\u2019s &#8220;Skills for life\u201d initiative in India, a \u00a310 million programme to skill 75,000 disadvantaged young people and children over 5 years.<\/li>\n<li>The two Prime Ministers announced three UK-India city partnerships with Indore, Pune and Amravati to support India\u2019s ambitious urban development goals through technical assistance, expertise sharing and business engagement.<\/li>\n<li>The two Prime Ministers launched a new Thames\/Ganga partnership for healthy river systems<\/li>\n<li>The Prime Ministers announced that UK will be the partner country for the 2016 Technology Summit in Delhi.<\/li>\n<li>The two Prime Ministers also welcomed establishment new joint science research centre.<\/li>\n<li>The two Prime Ministers announced that a UK-India Year of Culture will be organized in 2017 to celebrate our deep cultural ties and the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/outgoing-visit-info.htm?2\/825\/Visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+UK+November+1214+2015\">http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/outgoing-visit-info.htm?2\/825\/Visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+UK+November+1214+2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26012\/Press+Statement+by+the+Prime+Minister+during+his+visit+to+UK+November+12+2015\">http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26012\/Press+Statement+by+the+Prime+Minister+during+his+visit+to+UK+November+12+2015<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently, the Prime Minister Modi visited to the United Kingdom. It is the first bilateral visit after- a) 8 Years b) 10 Years c) 9 Years d) 6 Years Ans (c) Related facts: From November 12 to 14, 2015, the Prime Minister of India was on three day visit to United Kingdom (UK). 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