Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
₹20 lakh crore economic package
NEW DELHI : As announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is now releasing details of the ₹20 lakh crore economic package to revive the economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Aimed at all sections of the society, including the middle-class, SMEs, labourers, farmers and the industry, the economic package is themed around the 'Self-reliant India campaign'.
Sitharaman is expected to announce details of the full economic package gradually over the next few days with the first tranche being announced today.
Both the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the finance ministry had already announced some relief measures in the first phase of the lockdown which began from March 25. Nirmala Sitharaman press
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