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.
Bureaucratic rejig: Health Secretary Preeti Sudan gets 3-month extension
NEW DELHI : Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan, who was due to superannuate on April 30, was given a three-month extension as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the central government on Sunday amid the coronavirus crisis.
The decision assumes significance as the Health Ministry is at the forefront of checking the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the three-month extension in Sudan's service, beyond the date of her superannuation, i.e.
April 30, a Personnel Ministry order said. She will continue to function as the Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare during the period, it said.
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