Why Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visiting different Country's
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Initial Clarifications:
Modi is the leader of our Central Government.
Central Government is not a singleton set.
Government consists of several ministries
Ministries have ministers, ministers of states and bureaucrats.
Modi does not look after the entire governance in this country.
Modi's physical absence for a day or two hardly makes a difference.
Having said these, let me disappoint you by making you realize why Modi's foreign trips are not for holidaying, but for the benefit of us and the nation. Let's start, shall we?
1) Foreign Investment and Trade
With the Central Government's new flagship 'Make In India' initiative, it is obvious that it's going to concentrate a lot on foreign investment more so because we have extended the percentage of FDI, in sectors such as defense. Therefore, someone from the Indian establishment has to go and woo investors from all these financially sound developed nations so that the business establishments from there get interested about the idea of investing In India, especially in the manufacturing sector.
The perception many foreign investors had of India, was that it is difficult to endure the complicated procedures, corrupt system, wait forever for licenses, permissions, clearances etc. etc. To sum it up, they did not have such a good opinion about the way foreign investment and business was handled in India.
To change this perception, the Central Government had to come up with something more than just a formality visit by a government representative. For this, who better than a man who has recently got such a huge mandate from world's largest democracy, a man who was the Chief Minister of a state, which perhaps provides the most conducive atmosphere for investors.
Modi knows that he is seen as a guy who encourages business, who encourages investment. This is why Modi is constantly touring developed nations, of course along with other interests, mainly to attract investors, and to sign agreements with the Governments of those nations which are going to help India's economy.
2) Compensating for lost opportunities and time
India has had an unusually average trade relations even with countries which have had very similar history and cultures. This is because successive Indian Governments have systematically ignored our neighbouring countries, making India lose out on opportunities to increase trade relations. Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal etc.
Thankfully, this Government finally realized that India should just not look at having improved relations with the developed nations with which it is competing, but should also concentrate and focus on our own neighbouring countries, with whom we share many traditions and culture, and where there is tremendous scope for trade.
We had never seen an Indian PM visiting countries like Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal in such a short span of time, leave alone that, visiting even one of them, at all. It shows how we had ignored our own neighbours. The Central Government has to compensate for the lost opportunities and time and by these symbolic visits, gestures that show that we value their presence in our region and their partnership with us, we are going in the right direction.
3) Defense related concerns
The other important aspect of Modi's foreign visits revolve around defense preparedness, security and strategic concerns. We all know China's overambitious intimidating approach from land as well as from sea. China's aggression is being felt already by the South East Asian countries, and it takes no genius to find out that they have similar plans to dominate the Indian Ocean (String of Pearls).
China is getting really close to Maldives which already ousted a comparitively pro-India leader, and Sri Lanka under Mahinda Rajapaksa were also getting pretty close to them. Given this, India has an enormous strategic threat from China in the Indian Ocean, and India has to stay alert and focus on this aspect. This is why Modi has been visiting these small island nations in the Indian Ocean like Seychelles, Mauritius etc. etc.
Defense manufacturing sector and defense sector are other areas where the Government is looking to improve upon, as was seen with the increase in FDI in the defense sector immediately after it came to power. Procurement of defense equipment, calling for investment in defense manufacturing in India also plays an important role, as was seen recently with the Rafale deal with France.
4) Visits to South East Asian countries
India's 'Look East' policy also requires improve trade relations with South East Asian countries, which is no where near its potential. They also, like India, face the same threat from China and therefore it is in their interest and also in US' interests to see to it that India reaches a level comparable to that of China. India can therefore lobby hard and secure good trade agreements with these countries, and also ask them to come and invest here in their areas of expertise, like infrastructure and high-end locomotives. This is why Modi is visiting the South East Asian countries.
5) Push for greater role in International Affairs
Modi has been attending and has been proactive in all the important global conferences, such as the ASEAN, SAARC, BRICS. This is a clear indication of our new aspirations, that of looking to play a more important role in international affairs. Narendra Modi's recent 'We are no longer begging for our permanent seat in UNSC. We rightfully deserve it' statement clearly shows that India is no longer interested in just playing along with other countries, but is looking to place itself among the elite nations of the world.
Given this, we can't expect our leader to be either at 7, Race Course Road or Lok Sabha all the time. A country which is looking to place itself among the elite should have a leader who has a reputation of being business-friendly, being eager to have better relations with everyone, being investment friendly and having global popularity.
Aren't there other problems in the country that needs to be addressed?
Prime Minister's absence from the country doesn't mean that the governance of our country will stop. As was explained while I was clarifying, there are different ministries in India and there are cabinet ministers, ministers of states and hundreds of bureaucrats who will be looking after the governance with as much care and detail.
I don't know where anyone is seeing a lack of governance. There have been plenty of new schemes, like the Guiness World Record beating Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, the tremendous 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'scheme, the popular and essential 'Swachch Bharath Abhiyan' and plenty of other schemes, for all of which PM has himself taken the responsibility to be the flag bearer and ambassador. And these are only the schemes which have become popular topics of discussion. There have been many other new schemes and the governance so far has been good.
Connect is important, not his current location
As long as the Prime Ministers stays connected to the people of India and our aspirations, as long as his government's moves are synonymous with the majority public opinion, how many foreign trips he goes on and in which country he is at the moment, doesn't matter at all.
He has the courtesy in him to stay connected to the people of India, and is perhaps the first Prime Minister in decades, to address the entire nation on radios on a regular basis, talking about his Government's new schemes, other issues they face in general and his own opinions and his Government's plans to tackle them, etc.
Give the Government the credit it deserves for its Foriegn Policy
If at all I have to pick one area where I have seen a drastic change from the UPA era to the Modi led NDA era, is India's approach towards its foreign policy, and I have to say it has been very impressive. I am no analyst, and I have pretty much only a layman's point of view about all this, but I am pretty confident even the international affairs experts will agree with me on this.
Conclusion
Given India's new aspirations and this Government's vision for India, foreign policy is going to play a very important part, and we can expect Modi to go on more such foreign trips. This is a government which has ministers and bureaucrats working in various ministries, which are all capable of performing as efficiently as they can, with his presence. His physical presence hardly makes a difference.
Modi is the leader of our Central Government.
Central Government is not a singleton set.
Government consists of several ministries
Ministries have ministers, ministers of states and bureaucrats.
Modi does not look after the entire governance in this country.
Modi's physical absence for a day or two hardly makes a difference.
Having said these, let me disappoint you by making you realize why Modi's foreign trips are not for holidaying, but for the benefit of us and the nation. Let's start, shall we?
1) Foreign Investment and Trade
With the Central Government's new flagship 'Make In India' initiative, it is obvious that it's going to concentrate a lot on foreign investment more so because we have extended the percentage of FDI, in sectors such as defense. Therefore, someone from the Indian establishment has to go and woo investors from all these financially sound developed nations so that the business establishments from there get interested about the idea of investing In India, especially in the manufacturing sector.
The perception many foreign investors had of India, was that it is difficult to endure the complicated procedures, corrupt system, wait forever for licenses, permissions, clearances etc. etc. To sum it up, they did not have such a good opinion about the way foreign investment and business was handled in India.
To change this perception, the Central Government had to come up with something more than just a formality visit by a government representative. For this, who better than a man who has recently got such a huge mandate from world's largest democracy, a man who was the Chief Minister of a state, which perhaps provides the most conducive atmosphere for investors.
Modi knows that he is seen as a guy who encourages business, who encourages investment. This is why Modi is constantly touring developed nations, of course along with other interests, mainly to attract investors, and to sign agreements with the Governments of those nations which are going to help India's economy.
2) Compensating for lost opportunities and time
India has had an unusually average trade relations even with countries which have had very similar history and cultures. This is because successive Indian Governments have systematically ignored our neighbouring countries, making India lose out on opportunities to increase trade relations. Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal etc.
Thankfully, this Government finally realized that India should just not look at having improved relations with the developed nations with which it is competing, but should also concentrate and focus on our own neighbouring countries, with whom we share many traditions and culture, and where there is tremendous scope for trade.
We had never seen an Indian PM visiting countries like Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal in such a short span of time, leave alone that, visiting even one of them, at all. It shows how we had ignored our own neighbours. The Central Government has to compensate for the lost opportunities and time and by these symbolic visits, gestures that show that we value their presence in our region and their partnership with us, we are going in the right direction.
3) Defense related concerns
The other important aspect of Modi's foreign visits revolve around defense preparedness, security and strategic concerns. We all know China's overambitious intimidating approach from land as well as from sea. China's aggression is being felt already by the South East Asian countries, and it takes no genius to find out that they have similar plans to dominate the Indian Ocean (String of Pearls).
China is getting really close to Maldives which already ousted a comparitively pro-India leader, and Sri Lanka under Mahinda Rajapaksa were also getting pretty close to them. Given this, India has an enormous strategic threat from China in the Indian Ocean, and India has to stay alert and focus on this aspect. This is why Modi has been visiting these small island nations in the Indian Ocean like Seychelles, Mauritius etc. etc.
Defense manufacturing sector and defense sector are other areas where the Government is looking to improve upon, as was seen with the increase in FDI in the defense sector immediately after it came to power. Procurement of defense equipment, calling for investment in defense manufacturing in India also plays an important role, as was seen recently with the Rafale deal with France.
4) Visits to South East Asian countries
India's 'Look East' policy also requires improve trade relations with South East Asian countries, which is no where near its potential. They also, like India, face the same threat from China and therefore it is in their interest and also in US' interests to see to it that India reaches a level comparable to that of China. India can therefore lobby hard and secure good trade agreements with these countries, and also ask them to come and invest here in their areas of expertise, like infrastructure and high-end locomotives. This is why Modi is visiting the South East Asian countries.
5) Push for greater role in International Affairs
Modi has been attending and has been proactive in all the important global conferences, such as the ASEAN, SAARC, BRICS. This is a clear indication of our new aspirations, that of looking to play a more important role in international affairs. Narendra Modi's recent 'We are no longer begging for our permanent seat in UNSC. We rightfully deserve it' statement clearly shows that India is no longer interested in just playing along with other countries, but is looking to place itself among the elite nations of the world.
Given this, we can't expect our leader to be either at 7, Race Course Road or Lok Sabha all the time. A country which is looking to place itself among the elite should have a leader who has a reputation of being business-friendly, being eager to have better relations with everyone, being investment friendly and having global popularity.
Aren't there other problems in the country that needs to be addressed?
Prime Minister's absence from the country doesn't mean that the governance of our country will stop. As was explained while I was clarifying, there are different ministries in India and there are cabinet ministers, ministers of states and hundreds of bureaucrats who will be looking after the governance with as much care and detail.
I don't know where anyone is seeing a lack of governance. There have been plenty of new schemes, like the Guiness World Record beating Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, the tremendous 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'scheme, the popular and essential 'Swachch Bharath Abhiyan' and plenty of other schemes, for all of which PM has himself taken the responsibility to be the flag bearer and ambassador. And these are only the schemes which have become popular topics of discussion. There have been many other new schemes and the governance so far has been good.
Connect is important, not his current location
As long as the Prime Ministers stays connected to the people of India and our aspirations, as long as his government's moves are synonymous with the majority public opinion, how many foreign trips he goes on and in which country he is at the moment, doesn't matter at all.
He has the courtesy in him to stay connected to the people of India, and is perhaps the first Prime Minister in decades, to address the entire nation on radios on a regular basis, talking about his Government's new schemes, other issues they face in general and his own opinions and his Government's plans to tackle them, etc.
Give the Government the credit it deserves for its Foriegn Policy
If at all I have to pick one area where I have seen a drastic change from the UPA era to the Modi led NDA era, is India's approach towards its foreign policy, and I have to say it has been very impressive. I am no analyst, and I have pretty much only a layman's point of view about all this, but I am pretty confident even the international affairs experts will agree with me on this.
Conclusion
Given India's new aspirations and this Government's vision for India, foreign policy is going to play a very important part, and we can expect Modi to go on more such foreign trips. This is a government which has ministers and bureaucrats working in various ministries, which are all capable of performing as efficiently as they can, with his presence. His physical presence hardly makes a difference.
What he Exactly Says :
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has explained why he chooses to visit more than one country during his foreign tours. "I'm from Ahmedabad where we have a saying, 'single-fare, double journey'," he told newspaper Hindustan Times in an interview.
"I usually try to visit two to four nations," said the Prime Minister, who leaves today on a seven-day tour to take his push to turn thriving India into a major manufacturing and investment hub to Eurozone's two biggest economies, France and Germany. He will also visit Canada.
France will be the 13th country the PM will visit in 11 months since he assumed office last May. The Opposition back home has criticised his frequent and long trips abroad.
"I expect my visit to be helpful in advancing our Make in India initiative. The free trade agreement discussions are ongoing and would be reflected in my meetings," he said in the interview adding, "No Prime Minister has visited these countries for a long time.
"PM Modi launched the "Make in India" campaign last year as the centrepiece of a project to rewrite the country's reputation as a tricky place to do business in, beset by bureaucracy, corruption and a stringent tax regime.
"I usually try to visit two to four nations," said the Prime Minister, who leaves today on a seven-day tour to take his push to turn thriving India into a major manufacturing and investment hub to Eurozone's two biggest economies, France and Germany. He will also visit Canada.
France will be the 13th country the PM will visit in 11 months since he assumed office last May. The Opposition back home has criticised his frequent and long trips abroad.
"I expect my visit to be helpful in advancing our Make in India initiative. The free trade agreement discussions are ongoing and would be reflected in my meetings," he said in the interview adding, "No Prime Minister has visited these countries for a long time.
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In his interview, PM Modi also said he was open to dialogue with Pakistan "on all outstanding issues" in an environment free from terrorism and violence. "Peace can only thrive when the climate is right," he said.
The prime minister said restoring faith in India after the previous UPA rule was his government's achievement. "And what is the situation now? Is there a policy paralysis anymore? No. Is there a transparency issue? No. Is there stagnancy in governance? No. Instead, there is dynamism."
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