PM Modi casts a diplomatic spell in 365 days

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign visits have caught everybody's attention. In all, he has spent 52 days visiting 18 nations in his first year in power. The visits have generated much hype and hoopla, but what are the achievements? For the bean counters, BT presents an account of the visits in terms of agreements and promised investments.  (Text by Jyotindra Dubey)

Bhutan
June 16-17, 2014
With Bhutan's PM Tshering Tobgay
Commitment to hydropower sector, meeting 10,000 MW target.

Nepal
August 3-4 , 2014
With Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav
India offers Nepal $1 billion concessional loans that can be used to build power plants, roads and dams.

Japan
Aug 30- September 3, 2014
With Japan's PM Shinzo Abe
Japan to double investment to  $34 billion over the next five years. Focus on infrastructure and smart cities.
Ban on HAL and five other Indian entities, imposed after the 1998 nuclear tests, lifted.

US
September 26-30, 2014
With US President Barack Obama
US-India Business Council plans $41 billion investment by its members in the next three years. US to be the lead partner for developing smart cities in Ajmer, Vishakhapatnam and Allahabad.

Australia
November 14-18, 2014
With Australia's PM Tony Abbott
Civil nuclear cooperation agreement to enable the sale of Australian uranium. Comprehensive economic cooperation agreement to boost trade and investment. Australia to support Ganga rejuvenation efforts.

Fiji
November 19, 2014
With Fiji's PM  Frank Bainimarama
Fiji gets $75 million line of credit for co-generation power plant at Rarav Sugar Mill and modernising village, small and medium enterprises.

Mauritius
March 11-13, 2015
With Mauritius' PM Rajkeswur Purryag
India offers $500 million line of credit for infrastructure. Mauritius offers cooperation on information exchange on taxation.

Sri Lanka
March 13-14, 2015
With Sri Lanka's President  Maithripala Sirisena
India to help Trincomalee become a petroleum hub. Fresh line of credit of up to $318 million for Lankan railways.
Currency swap worth $1.5 billion to keep the Sri Lankan rupee stable.

France

April 9-12, 2015
With France's President Francois Hollande
Twenty pacts of Make in India cover civil nuclear energy, urban development, railways and space. France pledges two billion euros for sustainable development. India to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.

Germany
April 12-14, 2015
With German Chancellor Angela Merkel (second from left)
Boost to Make in India, wooing foreign investors and skill development. Germany keen to support Ganga rejuvenation, urban sanitation. Germany to support India's objective of generating 175 GW renewable energy by 2022

Canada
April 14-16, 2015
With Canadian PM Stephen Harper
Harper, Cameco Corporation to supply 3,000 metric tonnes uranium over five years for $254 million. Canada to invest 2.5 million Canadian dollars in five health innovations.

China
May 14-16, 2015

At a Shanghai event, 21 agreements, with $22 billion investments, signed. Highlights are China Development Banks's funding to an Adani power plant and a Welspun steel project.  ISRO and China space agency sign pact for space exploration.

Mongolia
May 16-17, 2015

India extends a credit line of  $1 billion. Signs a memorandum of understanding in the renewable energy sector.

South Korea
May 18-19, 2015
With South Korean President Park Geun-hye
South Korea to provide $10 billion for infrastructure, smart cities, railways, power generation and other diversified areas.  Boost to defence. Seven pacts, including avoidance of double taxation, signed.

Apart from the countries mentioned in this slideshow, the PM also travelled to Myanmar to attend the East Asia Summit, to Singapore to attend the funeral of Lee Kuan Yew, to Brazil for the BRICS Summit, and Bangladesh.