Bhutan Yatra..An unceremonial, unpredictable and visionary leader and the name is Narendra Modi.

Bharat is on the sunrise of new era..

The era where development is mantra..

Committed and confident relationship where Bharat looks into the eye and not down upon is the message..

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Every Bharatiya s prosperity is the prime and sole aspiration of  Modi Sarkaar..

The era that has begun its journey to bring back the Golden times...

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The new Govt. has begun with strengthening ties with neighbor.

It was the prevalent feeling that Hon. PM Shri Narendra Modiji will begin his External trips around the globe, by paying visit to the USA and probably present a suitable reply to the nations which have repeatedly used harsh terms for him and denied an entry..

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Shri Modiji has not even granted that bit of importance to all those countries to immediately pass a befitting reply. Definitely, he will visit all required nations to reinforce the ties, but his primary destination has been an immediate neighbor, quaint and tiny Bhutan..

Lots of Bharatiya citizens wonder what is this trip all about???

It is surely not a leisurely voyage but with various economical and strategy agendas.

The fact that the Hon. PM has chosen Bhutan as his first foreign destination assumes significance as lately, China has intensified efforts to woo Bhutan and establish full-fledged diplomatic ties with Thimpu and plans to set up an embassy there.

Foreign policy experts say that decision to make Bhutan his first visit highlights the importance Shri Modiji attaches to neighbor relations, which suffered during UPA regime. Bhutan may be small country but it is strategically situated with China on the other side.

Nepal, the other country, which has religious and ethnic relations with Bharat, has now better relations with China than Bharat. In Jan. 2014, China overtook Bharat, to become the largest contributor of FDI to Nepal. Hence, it became an eminent need to cement the relationship with Bhutan and thrust upon the Bilateral trade between Bharat and Bhutan.

Bhutan is regarded as Bharat’s only All-Weather friend, despite a notion among foreign policy experts, that Bhutan is leaning towards China. Apart from recent hiccups in relations, which resulted when UPA Govt. suspended supply of subsidized LPG and Kerosene. Bhutan is the SAARC  country, with closest ties with Bharat..Bhutan plays a crucial role in the North­East  geopolitically. he role it played in driving out ULFA and other militants successfully, which were utilized as safe heavens.
Modi Sarkaar intends to resume work on Hydropower projects, which would generate 2120 MW Hydropower and as a result, Bharat would receive electricity at a cheaper rate. Bhutan has been exporting Edible oil to Bharat and urging Bharat to increase its import cap from 2400 tonnes to 13000 tonnes. Bhutan has also been one of the top receipants of Bharat’s economical assistance packages-with as much as 70% of total foreign aid received by Bhutan is coming from Bharat and it has committed Rs. 4500 crores, of assistance for the period of 2013-18.
In the team Modiji’s official delegation to Bhutan, the presence of Ajit Dovel, the NSA chief is accompanying the Hon. PM. There are some pressing and worrying issues between Bhutan and Bharat that come under NSA domain. There have been IB reports, about anti-India insurgent outfit, active in the North-East who were ousted from the tiny Himalayan kingdom-Bhutan in 2003, codenamed Operation All Clear.  Till date, Bhutan is the only neighbor to have launched such operation against Bharatiya insurgents on its soil. Shri Narendra Modiji’s decision about choosing Bhutan as the first destination of his first foreign visit, is a belated recognition of the favour  bestowed upon our Motherland.