US President Barack Obama's likely schedule of India visit
On Jan 26, US President will also attend ‘At Home’ program at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in evening on the occasion of Republic Day & have a private dinner with PM.
By ET Bureau | Updated:
January 25
US President Barack Obama reaches Delhi in the early hours of January 25.
Obama will be at Rashtrapati Bhawan for Guard of Honour followed by a visit to Rajghat in the morning.
Thereafter, Obama will be in Hyderabad House for the summit meeting with PM Narendra Modi. The two leaders would also give press statements following talks early in the afternoon.
Obama is also expected to meet India-US CEO Forum the same day.
Obama will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Parade at Rajpath till noon.
Obama and Modi will jointly interact with CEOs from both sides in the evening.
US President will also attend the ‘At Home’ program at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in the evening.
January 27
He will visit the Taj Mahal the same afternoon before departing for the USA in the evening.
Minister in waiting
Minister of State with Independent charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal will be the ‘Minister in Waiting’ for Barack Obama during the visit from Jan 25-27.
He will receive Obama at the airport when the US President arrives in India. He will also be at the airport to see him off when his ‘Air Force One’ departs and accompany him in all his meetings & visits.
This will be Barack Obama’s second visit to India as the President of the United States. Earlier, when Obama visited India in November, 2010 it was Salman Khurshid who served as ‘Minister in Waiting’ for him.
US President Barack Obama reaches Delhi in the early hours of January 25.
Obama will be at Rashtrapati Bhawan for Guard of Honour followed by a visit to Rajghat in the morning.
Thereafter, Obama will be in Hyderabad House for the summit meeting with PM Narendra Modi. The two leaders would also give press statements following talks early in the afternoon.
Obama is also expected to meet India-US CEO Forum the same day.
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January 26Obama will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Parade at Rajpath till noon.
Obama and Modi will jointly interact with CEOs from both sides in the evening.
US President will also attend the ‘At Home’ program at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in the evening.
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Private dinner with the PM will follow at 7, RCR.January 27
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Obama will address the Town Hall meeting at Siri FortHe will visit the Taj Mahal the same afternoon before departing for the USA in the evening.
Minister in waiting
Minister of State with Independent charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal will be the ‘Minister in Waiting’ for Barack Obama during the visit from Jan 25-27.
He will receive Obama at the airport when the US President arrives in India. He will also be at the airport to see him off when his ‘Air Force One’ departs and accompany him in all his meetings & visits.
This will be Barack Obama’s second visit to India as the President of the United States. Earlier, when Obama visited India in November, 2010 it was Salman Khurshid who served as ‘Minister in Waiting’ for him.
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India too is keen to break the logjam and is working on a model that will have a pool of insurance companies giving guarantees to reactor suppliers besides diluting the provision in the law that makes the supplier liable in case of an accident.
A similar arrangement was also reached with the Russian side whose nuclear fi rms are, however, state-run. GoI thinks such an arrangement will also encourage Indian private players to get into manufacturing reactors
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