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.
NEW DELHI: The Center on Tuesday announced a massive ₹20 trillion stimulus, comprising 10% of India's GDP, to revive the economy that has been brought to its knees by a severe, nearly 50-day lockdown to contain the covid-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while announcing the stimulus, had said details of the package will be made available beginning Wednesday.
Towards this, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will brief the media later today. Here are the five key things to watch out for at the press briefing: PACKAGE DETAILS: Modi in his speech had said the ₹20 trillion package includes the previous stimulus of ₹1.7 trillion as well as the liquidity easing measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).