In Pictures: Year 2016 | Prime Minister of India

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with beneficiaries & their families at Rickshaw Sangh programme by the Bhartiya Micro Credit, at Lucknow, in Uttar Pradesh on January 22, 2016. The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh is also seen.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the students, at the Centenary Year Convocation of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in Varanasi on February 22, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi greeting the members of US Congress, after his address to the Joint Session of U.S. Congress, in Washington DC, USA on June 08, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi participating in the mass yoga demonstration at the Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, on the occasion of the 2nd International Day of Yoga 2016, on June 21, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the school children after addressing the Nation on the occasion of 70th Independence Day, in Delhi on August 15, 2016.

Youth from J&K, on a visit to Delhi as part of the “Wattan Ko Jano” initiative of MHA, calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on January 06, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar with the Tribal Guests and Tableaux Artists, in New Delhi on January 23, 2016. The Minister of State for Planning (Independent Charge) and Defence, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh is also seen.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with the President of France, Mr. Francois Hollande, at Nek Chand Rock Garden, in Chandigarh on January 24, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the people after the Beating Retreat ceremony, in New Delhi on January 29, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi greeting public, at Bhubaneswar on February 07, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi greeting public near the Jagannath Temple, at Puri, in Odisha on February 07, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the launch of Shyama Prasad Mukherji National Rurban Mission, at Kurubhat, Rajnandgaon, in Chhattisgarh on February 21, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the children, after offering prayers at Kamakhya Temple, in Guwahati, Assam on April 08, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivering the Convocation Address at the 5th Convocation of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, at Katra, in Jammu and Kashmir on April 19, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meets 12 year old Divyang boy Sabari Venkat, at Coimbatore Airport, Tamil Nadu on May 06, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of Iran, Mr. Hassan Rouhani, during the joint Press Statement, in Tehran on May 23, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the Heritage Village, in Meghalaya on May 28, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being warmly received by the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, in Heart, Afghanistan on June 04, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi sharing the meal with Indian Workers at Workers Medical Camp, in Mesheireb, in Downtown, Doha on June 04, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the President of United States of America (USA), Mr. Barack Obama in Oval Office, at White House, in Washington DC, USA on June 07, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with Vaishali whose heart surgery was funded by the PMO India after she wrote to him seeking help, in Pune on June 25, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visiting the Quan Su Pagoda, in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 03, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 03, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being welcomed on stage, at Limkheda, in Gujarat on September 17, 2016. The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Vijay Rupani is also seen.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in the BRICS Leaders family photograph at the BRICS Summit venue, in Goa on October 16, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in the ceremony held to distribute Charkhas to the women, before the National MSME Awards, at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), in Ludhiana on October 18, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi distributing the aids and equipment, at the Saamaajik Adhikaarita Shivir, in Vadodara, Gujarat on October 22, 2016.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe at Tokyo Station to board the Shinkansen bullet train to Kobe, in Japan on November 12, 2016.