Narendra Modi championing” the International Solar Alliance and “new areas of levels of cooperation on environmental action”. On October 24, 2018, The Seoul Peace Prize Committee conferred the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize on PM Modi, in recognition of his dedication to improving international cooperation, raising global economic growth, accelerating the Human Development of the people of India by fostering economic growth in the world's fastest-growing large economy and furthering the development of democracy through anti-corruption and social integration efforts. He is the first Indian to win this prestigious award. Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian
Narendra Modi favour of reservation based on income, a move supported by the RSS, but which was criticised as being discriminatory on the basis of caste. Foreign policy played a relatively small role in Modi's election campaign, and did not feature prominently in the BJP's election manifesto. Modi invited all the other leaders of SAARC countries to his swearing in ceremony as prime minister. He was the first Indian prime minister to do so. Modi's foreign policy, similarly to that of the preceding INC government, focused on improving economic ties, security, and regional relations. Modi continued Manmohan Singh's policy of "multi-alignment." The