Foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government the first bilateral visit to that country by an Indian Prime Minister in 42 years. India made nuclear deal with the Canada's biggest producer of uranium, Cameco, signed a $280 million, five-year deal to supply uranium to fuel Indian nuclear reactors. The long-term deal announced later that Cameco will sell 7.1 million pounds of uranium to India, through 2020. Modi held bilateral talks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and signed various MoUs like in areas of cyber security, skill development, cooperation in the railways and civil aviation front. Modi received "rockstar" reception in Canada where he addressed a crowd
Narendra Modi 2000 crore for a government-funded health insurance program, and a decrease in the budget of the National Health Mission. Modi initially appointed Harsh Vardhan, a doctor and an advocate of tobacco control, as minister of health. However, Vardhan was replaced in November 2014 by Jagat Prakash Nadda. The government introduced stricter packaging laws for tobacco which requires 85% of the packet size to be covered by pictorial warnings. An article in the medical journal "Lancet" stated that the country "might have taken a few steps back in public health" under Modi. A new National Health Policy was approved in 2017.