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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Facebook headquarters and the Google campus on Sunday, September 27, 2015. At Facebook, he attended a town hall hosted by CEO Mark Zuckerberg where he responded to various questions ranging from economy to his mother. Narendra Modi also visited the Google campus where he was given a tour of some of the latest products and forward-looking researches being done by Google's CEO Sundar Pichai. We take a look at the 11 highlights from PM Narendra Modi's Facebook townhall and his visit to the Google campus. (PTI)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expresses support to 'Digital India' </br><br> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today expressed his support to the 'Digital India' campaign and changed his profile picture to convey his appreciation for the Narendra Modi government's effort to connect rural communities to internet. "I changed my profile picture to support Digital India, the Indian government's effort to connect rural communities to the internet and give people access to more services online," he wrote on his facebook page. He also asked his followers to show their support for Digital India initiative. The new profile picture showed a smiling Zuckerberg with three colours of the Indian flag. (PTI) 
2. Modi spoke about efforts to revive the faith among foreign investors, saying the government was working on ensuring transparency and ease of doing business while laying thrust on three sectors particularly agriculture, services and manufacturing — along with building the physical and digital infrastructure simultaneously. (Source: PMO twitter) -
3. While insisting that "scale and speed" of reforms had increased during the 15 months of his government, Modi appeared to take a dig at the previous governments as he said that nationalisation of banks was undertaken 40 years back but 60 per cent of the population was without a bank account till his dispensation introduced the Jandhan scheme last year. (Source: PMO twitter)
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4. "It is my dream to convert Indian economy into $20 trillion from the present $8 trillion," Modi told the audience at Facebook headquarter. (Source: PMO twitter)
5. Noting that India is a "heaven" for investors, he said, "I do not believe that there is dearth of money. Countries have money but do not know where to invest. I am giving them the address. Here is the place (India)." (Source: PMO twitter) -
6. He also spoke in detail about the benefits of social media, particularly how it has been useful to him to connect with the people within the country and abroad, and how it can help take corrective steps if some government steps go wrong. (Source: PMO twitter)
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Narendra Modi also visited the Google campus where he was given a tour of some of the latest products and forward-looking researches being done by Google's CEO Sundar Pichai. Here are the 5 developments: (PTI)
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1. Google will collaborate with Indian Railways to provide wi-fi services at 500 stations by next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced as he visited the headquarters of the search engine giant. (Source: PMO twitter)
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2. Modi appreciated and encouraged Google to develop Apps which could benefit the common man as he participated in Hackathon under which its employees sat for 15 hours straight to devise such Apps for use in India. (Source: PMO twitter)
3. Noting that technology has given new power to democracy, Modi urged Google employees to look for solutions to problems like poverty. The Prime Minister expressed confidence that technology will bring qualitative change in life with time and through its proper utilisation. (Source: PMO twitter) 
4. During his tour of Google campus, Modi asked that Khagaul in Bihar to be shown on Google Earth when he was given a glimpse of the unique tool. Khagaul near Patna is where the great ancient astronomer Aryabhatta had an observatory. (Source: PMO twitter) -
5. Sundar Pichai explained navigational, safety and other uses of Street View and Google Earth to Modi. Another project that was shown to Modi was Project Iris, smart lens that measure glucose levels. (PTI)
