{"id":288117,"date":"2024-03-23T16:53:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T11:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=288117"},"modified":"2024-03-23T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T11:23:54","slug":"pm-modi-visit-to-bhutan-india-to-double-assistance-to-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-modi-visit-to-bhutan-india-to-double-assistance-to-bhutan\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi visit to Bhutan: India to double assistance to Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>-This post on <strong>PM Modi visit to Bhutan: India to double assistance to Bhutan<\/strong>\u00a0is based on the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/prime-minister-narendra-modi-conferred-bhutan-highest-civilian-award-order-of-the-druk-gyalpo\/article67980061.ece#:~:text=India%20has%20decided%20to%20double,announced%20in%20Thimphu%20on%20Friday.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>With Bhutan\u2019s Gelephu project in mind, India to double assistance to \u20b910,000 crore for next 5 years<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; published in &#8220;<strong>The Hindu<\/strong>&#8221; on 23rd March 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p>During his recent visit to Bhutan, PM Modi announced that India has decided to double Bhutan\u2019s assistance over the next five years. The<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> assistance will increase from \u20b95,000 crore in 2019-2024<\/span> to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u20b910,000 crore for the period till 2029<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the key highlights of the Visit?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288120\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288120\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/India-to-double-assistance-to-Bhutan.png?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PM Modi visit to Bhutan\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/India-to-double-assistance-to-Bhutan.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/India-to-double-assistance-to-Bhutan.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/India-to-double-assistance-to-Bhutan.png?w=947&amp;ssl=1 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1. Awarding Bhutan\u2019s top civilian honor<\/strong>&#8211; The Bhutanese king conferred PM Modi Bhutan\u2019s top civilian honor, the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Order of the Druk Gyalpo<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Agreements signed:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>a.<\/strong> India and Bhutan signed<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> several MoUs and agreements<\/span> covering areas like petroleum, trade, digital connectivity, space, and agriculture.<br \/>\n<strong>b.<\/strong> The two countries also initiated an <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">agreement for rail links between Kokrajhar-Gelephu<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Banarhat-Samtse<\/span>, as well as <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">waterway navigation on the Brahmaputra<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Support on Gelephu Mindfulness City project<\/strong>&#8211; PM Modi firmly supported the King&#8217;s initiatives, which encompassed Brand Bhutan, Bhutan Believe, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City project.<\/p>\n<h2>About Gelephu Mindfulness City project<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Nature of the Project<\/strong>: Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is a planned <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">carbon-neutral city in Bhutan<\/span>, spanning 1,000 square kilometers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Focus Areas<\/strong>: It will concentrate on eco-friendly industries such as IT, education, hotels, and hospitals.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gelephu-mindfulness-city-project-bhutans-opening-move-its-gelephu-gambit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gelephu Mindfulness City project<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus- International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on PM Modi visit to Bhutan: India to double assistance to Bhutan\u00a0is based on the article &#8220;With Bhutan\u2019s Gelephu project in mind, India to double assistance to \u20b910,000 crore for next 5 years&#8221; published in &#8220;The Hindu&#8221; on 23rd March 2024. Why in the News? During his recent visit to Bhutan, PM Modi&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-modi-visit-to-bhutan-india-to-double-assistance-to-bhutan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PM Modi visit to Bhutan: India to double assistance to Bhutan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-288117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}