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Source: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/indias-pm-elect-narendra-modi-a-true-friend-of-israel/
Israel's New Friend in New Delhi
(Times of Israel) Vijeta Uniyal - Narendra Modi is the next Prime Minister of India. As Chief Minister of Gujarat State (2002-14), with a population of 60 million, he turned the economy around and today Gujarat's per-capita GDP is much higher than India's average. Every year more than 2,000 farmers from Gujarat visit Israel to be trained in advanced farming techniques - at their own expense. He welcomed Israeli companies to enter the water management and recycling sector in fifty cities in Gujarat. He created an industrial fund to promote joint ventures between Israeli and Gujarat-based companies. Modi is a friend of Israel, the likes of whom India has not seen before. He is the first Indian leader to have actually visited Israel and has often expressed admiration for Israel's achievements. Ideologically, Modi is sympathetic to the notion of the Jewish homeland.