PM’s United States visit reinforces his commitment towards development, says Ram Madhav

Apart from Obama, Modi also met his British counterpart David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and leaders of Palestine and Mexico, among others.

Obama said he was “encouraged by the impressive nature of Modi’s commitment to clean energy”.

The slip of tongue was recorded in the first White House transcript of his remarks but later it was re-issued, correcting the “President” to “Prime Minister”.

Pressing the need for developing mechanisms to ensure affordable as well as accessible sources of clean energy, the Prime Minister said, “We look forward to comprehensive and concrete outcome in Paris with a positive agenda on combating climate change”.

The Prime Minister asserted that during his 15-month tenure, the “scale and speed” of reforms has improved significantly and even the global bodies like World Bank and worldwide Monetary Fund have forecast a high growth for India.

So until commodity prices somewhat recover and global deflationary conditions ease, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do well to interact more with important domestic constituents like the farmers, small and medium size enterprises who provide employment to about 130 million people in the country.

Modi is scheduled to fly east Monday to meet with President Obama before returning home to India.

As this story was being typed, the lead article on the website claimed that the protests they had organised in front of the SAP Center in San Jose, California on September 27 were a roaring success. Silicon Valley firms are eager to do more business in both countries, although China’s government has thrown up more barriers to US firms.

PM Modi, who was on a two-nation tour of Ireland, and the U.S., also travelled to West Coast where he visited Facebook Headquarters for a Townhall question and answer session with its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. “We can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it”, the pope said. “I want to assure you that I will live and die for this country”, Modi said amid applause from the Indian-Americans.

As far as bilateral ties are concerned, Prime Minister Modi clearly mentioned that that “youth, technology and innovation were the driving forces for the natural partnership of Indians and Americans in advancing human progress”. He did not also bring her to his swearing-in ceremony as Prime Minister in New Delhi a year ago, Sharma added.

Ridiculing the concept of good and bad terrorism, Mr Modi said terrorism is terrorism. In a rock star reception like the one he had received at Madison Square Garden past year, Modi also asked the crowd for a “certificate” of his performance in the 16 months he has been in power.