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 Union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval to amend the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), a more than six decade old law that empowers government to impose curbs on stocking of farm produce.
In the second meeting of the Union cabinet held after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) completed its first year in office in its second term, the cabinet also decided to form an empowered group of secretaries chaired by cabinet secretary to encourage both foreign and domestic investments into India.
This comes against the backdrop of India looking to become an integral part of the global supply chains, as firms look to move production lines out of China due to the disruptions caused by the