Modi's Three-Nation Tour To Focus On Make In India, Defence

He will then return to Paris and attend a reception by the Indian community and also meet former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

On April 12, the prime minister will fly to Hannover in Germany to attend the Hannover Messe fair that has India as the partner country.

According to Jaishankar, the Hannover Messe fair authorities have given the Indian side a large exhibition area - 7,000 square metres as well as 1,200 square metres in the central park.

Around 400 Indian firms are participating in the fair, the world's largest industrial fair, while 120 Indian CEOs would be there, he said. Some 3,000 German business delegates would attend the fair.

"There is a lot of enthusiasm for the Make in India initiative and the potentialities in India among the foreign participants," Jaishankar said.

Modi would then unveil a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the City Hall in Hannover.

Later, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Modi will attend the fair opening in the evening.

On April 13, the two leaders are to jointly inaugurate the Indian pavilion at the fair and go around the fair and also inaugurate an India-German business summit.

Modi will leave for Berlin where he will attend a science and technology academy.

He will also visit a German railway station, where he will get a view of the railway modernisation.

On April 14, he will arrive in Canada. This will be the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Canada since 1973.

Besides discussions on boosting energy and economic cooperation, Modi will interact with the sizeable Indian community in Canada, said Special Secretary for the Americas R. Swaminathan.

Modi will visit Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto during the Canada trip.

On April 14, he will be in Ottawa and on April 15, he will be accorded a ceremonial welcome after which he will meet Canadian Governor General David Johnston. He will also meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper over a working lunch.

Modi will then move to Toronto in the evening and attend an event with the diaspora and later attend a reception by Harper.

On April 16, both sides will hold a meeting with the Canadian Pension Fund for investment.

In Vancouver, Modi is to visit the Lakshminarayan temple and also a gurdwara, said the official. He will leave for home that night.

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