PM Narendra Modi Visit ==================== Important Points: ** PM announces Life Time visas for Indian People of Indian Origin(PIOs), Visa on Arrival for US visitors In his speech addressing Indian-Americans at Madison Square Garden in New York, PM Modi announced lifetime visas for PIOs (Persons of Indian origin). ** PIO card holders staying for a long term will not have to report at the local police station Note: i.Currently PIO cards, given to those who themselves, their parents or grandparents or their spouse, were onetime Indian citizens, allow for visa-free travel toand from India. However, a PIO card is only valid for 15 years. ** Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited New Jersey Governor Chris Christieto visit India with a trade mission. Chris Christie, a popular Republican politician and a 2016 presidential election aspirant. ** US to help in developing “smart cities” – Allahabad (UP), Ajmer (Rajasthan),Vishakhapatnam(Andhra P.) ** India and the US have agreed to cooperate on futureexplorations of Mars planet. ** NASA & ISRO signed deal to conduct joint NASA - ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. ** India to participate in the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project, a global consortium institutions from the US, Candara, Japan, India and China. It will be among world’s largest optical-infrared telescopes. ** Visa-on-arrival to US nationals in 2015. ** US-India Business Council members to invest over $41 billion in India over three years.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:49:46 +0000