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The Year Gone By

The year 2014 was the year of Change as far as India is concerned. As India continues to take giant strides
for mankind, it has now made a mark for itself as a global powerhouse. India after 30 long years witnessed
a single party majority in the 16th Lok Sabha elections with the most popular leader Narendra Modi as its
15th Prime Minister. While states like Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Haryana witness regime change,
Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung parliament with record number of voter turnout. 2014 saw the birth of a
new state, Telangana, ending a 60 year long struggle. Bitter rivals, both India and Pakistan continued
cross border ring, while Malala and Kailash Satyarthi won the Noble Peace Prize. This year Indians also
showed the world that we can reach Mars at one go and we can do it cheaper than anyone could imagine.
The Kashmir oods and militant attack on tribals in Assam villages were causes of concern but the Indian
Army once again proved that India is prepared. Policy initiatives and reforms to boost growth were fast
tracked along with environmental clearances and development missions were launched in campaign
mode (Clean India, Make in India, Jan Dhan Yojna). With the Indian economy showing signs of higher
growth in the years to come, India signed of 2014 in style.

SOME OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014

Charge sheets to be led within
20 days in cases of rape for
speedy justice to victims

The anti-corruption helpline,

by Delhi Government, receives
nearly 4,000 calls in rst seven
hours of its operation

India successfully launched the

GSLV D5 satellite

The anti-corruption helpline,

by Delhi Government, receives
nearly 4,000 calls in rst seven
hours of its operation

Jains accorded with minority

status by centre

Sachin Tendulkar and Prof C N

R Rao are conferred with the
countr y 's highest civilian
honour Bharat Ratna

Pitching for greater use of

research for boosting the
a g r i c u l t u re s e c to r, P r i m e
Minister Narendra Modi gave
the slogan 'Lab-to-Land'

Harish Rawat became the new

CM of Uttarakhand

India and Saudi Arabia sign a

defence cooperation pact

India and Israel sign three

agreements to strengthen the
efforts in the war against terror
and beef up bilateral security
relations

Election Commission
introduced e-ling of afdavits
by candidates for the Lok
Sabha and Assembly polls

PM called for 4 coloured

revolution in agriculture,
energy, marine sector and milk
production signifying the
colours of the Indian ag

Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

mounted massive relief efforts
on a war footing to restore
communication and power
links and clear roads that were
battered in the power ful
cyclone Hudhud

Har yana creates histor y

clocking an all-time high
polling of about 76 per cent

PM Modi pays a surprise visit to

Siachen to celebrate Diwali
with soldiers posted at the
world's highest battleeld

Devendra Fadnavis was sworn

in as Chief Minister of the rst
BJP government in
Maharashtra

For the rst time in the

country's history, a special
squad of women troops was
deployed deep inside jungles
t o u n d e r t a ke a c t i v e a n d
prolonged operations against
Naxalites

UN General Assembly adopted

an India-led resolution
declaring June 21 as
'International Day of Yoga

India granted lifelong visas

Persons of Indian Origin

India successfully test-red an

advanced version of the 290km range Brahmos supersonic
cruise missile off the coast of
Odisha, giving the country the
capability to hit enemy targets
hidden behind mountains or in
a cluster of buildings with
"pinpoint accuracy"

Monohar Lal Khattar became

the rst BJP chief minister of
Haryana

PM led the country in

applauding the ISRO scientist
for the success of Mars Orbiter
Mission

PM Modi launched the Clean

India Campaign (the world's
largest social mobilization
campaign) and led the way in
making it a mass movement

PM Modi launched the Sansad

Adarsh Gram Yojana with an
intent to develop rural India

PM Modi pitched for

revamping urban governance
while linking it to the 'Digital
India' mission and 'Swachh
Bharat' campaign

India successfully test-red its

indigenously-developed
nuclear-capable Prithvi-II and
Dhanush ballistic missiles in
separate trials, boosting the
armed forces' operational
readiness

India signs the free trade

agreement (FTA) in services
and investments with 10member ASEAN

PM Modi dedicates Russiamade India's largest aircraft

carrier INS Vikramaditya to the
nation

PM inaugurated the rail link to

Katra, the base of Vaishno Devi
shrine

Kashmir experienced the worst

ash oods in nearly worstever oods in 109 years

India deepened its bilateral

cooperation with Germany for
renewable energy,
infrastructure, cleaning of
rivers and vocational training
besides high technology and
the manufacturing sector

PM Modi launched his

a m b i t i o u s M a ke i n I n d i a
campaign to boost
manufacturing and positioning
India as global manufacturing
hub

India will launched ve

satellites for France, Canada,
Germany and Singapore on
June 30 under commercial
agreements

Pritam Munde, the second

daughter of late BJP leader
Gopinath Munde, scripted Lok
Sabha history winning the
Beed seat in Maharashtra in a
bypoll by a record margin of
nearly seven lakh votes

Japan announced a USD 35

billion investment in India

Narendra Modi rewrote history

storming to power at the
Centre with a "triple century",
giving NDA an unexpected 336
seats in the Lok Sabha and BJP
an absolute majority on its own
for the rst time in an election
that decimated Congress to its
lowest ever tally of 44.

Birth of Telangana. TRS chief K

Chandrasekhar Rao became
the rst chief minister

Shahrukh Khan became rst

Indian actor to be roped in as
an Ambassador of Interpol's
'Turn Back Crime' campaign

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

launched his government's
m e g a s c h e m e ' Ja n D h a n
Yojana', declaring that it was
aimed at eradicating nancial
untouchability by providing
bank accounts to the poor

Prime Minister Modi interacted

with students on Teacher's Day
saying girl education India's
top priority

First major foreign policy

initiative of inviting SAARC
leaders by Modi was described
as 'right decision at the right
time' sending out a message to
t h e w o r l d a b o u t I n d i a 's
strength

30 GoMs and EGoMs scrapped

by PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

asks the IITs to take up the
c h a l l e n g e of d e v e l o p i n g
products in sectors including
defence and health in which
India is dependent on imports

The 16th Lok Sabha Elections

were held The world biggest
democratic exercise

Lt. Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, a

v e t e r a n i n f a n t r y o f c e r,
became the new Army chief

In a major step to increase role

of women in armed forces, the
NDA government allowed lady
ofcers to command battalions
in army's branches such as
aviation, engineers and signal

A n g e re d b y Pa k i s t a n's
consultations with Kashmiri
separatists, India called off
talks between Foreign
Secretaries

India moved ahead with its

resolve to weed out archaic
rules and procedures as part of
reforms process

The 16th Lok Sabha elections

witnessed the highest-ever
turnout with more than 66 per
cent of an estimated 814
million voters exercising their
franchise

Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar

Chief Minister

India's own version of Madame

Tu s s a u d s m u s e u m w a s
inaugurated by President
Pranab Mukherjee

The Centre raises dearness

allowance to 100 per cent

I n d i a p ro p o s e d a g l o ba l
convention for 'no-rst-use'
policy for a nuclear weapon
free world

Rajya Sabha informed that

India gured third among top
10 countries where highest
number of rape have taken
place in 2010 while in cases of
murder, the country comes
second in 2012

India announced a grant of

USD 50,000 each to some
Ebola-affected countries

In his maiden speech from Red

Fort, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi announces disbanding of
Planning Commission, a
socialist-era vestige

Western Ghats with an area of

56,825 sq km of the hills was
declared as ecologically
sensitive

President Pranab Mukherjee

decided not to vote in the 16th
Lok Sabha elections in order to
express his "neutrality in the
political fray"

Amit Shah was rewarded for his

key role in the Lok Sabha
elections by appointment as
the new Party chief of the
Bharatiya Janta Party

In a major reform push, the

g o v e r n m e n t d e re g u l a t e d
diesel prices

Government declared October

31st the birth anniversary of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as the
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

India achieves a major victory

with the US agreeing to its
proposal on food security
issues at WTO

Jammu and Kashmir registered

record turnout in the Assembly
elections amidst terror threats
and cease re violations

Government kick-started the

Bal Swachhta Mission as part of
Children's Day celebrations
and also launched the 'Udaan'
programme for girls, which
seeks to prepare them for the
IIT-JEE

In a move which will give a

major boost to the tourism
s e c t o r, t h e G o v e r n m e n t
launched the much-awaited
electronic visa facility for
visitors from 43 countries
including US, Germany and
Israel

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