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Meritocracy India International 3 October 2015 14 murderers. Thereafter, Mynmar expressed keenness to bolster defence and security ties with India. Prime Minister Modi achieves historic accord in Nagaland The insurgency in Nagaland, beginning in the 1950s, has been the longest in India, in fact in Asia. On 3 August 2015, Prime Minister Modi, true to his motto Ek Bharat, Sareshth Bharat (One India, Great India) achieved a historic peace agreement with the major section of Naga insurgents, namely, NSCN (IM). This Framework Agreement codified the basic issues and the principles upon which the final deal will be built. The former rebels have accepted the Constitution of India and to come within the Indian political system. Peace in Nagland, said Modi, will accelerate the development and prosperity of North East India and will help to open up road and rail communications with Myanmar and on to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, in India's Look East Policy. Black Money The Bill, prepared by Modi Government by March 2015 and enacted as Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act 2015 was hailed as a real game changer to track down black money in India and abroad and have it restored to the National Treasury. Very quickly, Rs 6,500 crore of undisclosed money became part of the National Treasury. More is to follow. Automatic exchange of information with other countries was set in motion. Modi and Jammu-Kashmir State Election campaigner Modi brought about the first ever presence of BJP leaders representing the State of Jammu and Kashmir in the Parliament and in the State Assembly, and in national interest becoming part of the ruling government along with the PDP. Modi as Election Campaigner Modi has achieved extraordinary successes as an election campaigner – in Lok Sabha (282 BJP seats), Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra. Modi and the Gita Prime Minister Modi presented the Bhagvad Gita to the Japanese Emperor Akihito in September 2014 during his five day visit to Japan. Addressing an audience of Indians in Japan, he said : “I don't think I have anything more to give, and the world also does not have anything more to get than this.” Electo-Meritocrat and the Family Narendra Modi, who has been Chief Minister for over 12 years and Prime Minister for over a year, meets his mother once a year, on his birthday. The mother, living in very ordinary circumstances, has no demands at all upon her illustrious son. From marital life, Modi has taken sanyas (renunciation), yet his wife, Jashodaben, remains a picture of cheerfulness, contentment, and prays for the well-being of Modi. A most unique marriage indeed. His relatives are doing in life as per their own merit and efforts, with Modi remaining aloof and detached. He observes the navratra fasts rigorously, subsisting only on water for nine days. He was on one such fast during his USA tour in 2014 including during the banquet. He does yoga and pranayam regularly. Pradhan Mantri Pradhan Santry Pradhan Sevak. “Karne ki iccha bahut hai. Ban-ney ki iccha ek bhi nahin,” he said to India TV.

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