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.
As India unlocks, NDA government renews focus on rural economy
Union government announces a series of steps to help farmers sell their produce better by amending the Essential Commodities Act NEW DELHI : In a major step to revive rural economy which got severely impacted due to fallout of coronavirus pandemic and the two month long lockdown which was imposed to control its spread, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government on Wednesday announced a series of steps to help farmers sell their produce better by amending the Essential Commodities Act (ECA).
The union government feels the move will help promote ‘freedom to produce, hold, move, distribute and supply’ and attract private sector as well as foreign direct investment in agriculture.
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