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 cabinet headed by prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the minimum support prices for 14 crops that are 50%-83% higher than the cost of cultivation in an effort to put more money in the hands of farmers.
Briefing reporters at the end of the cabinet meeting, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the MSP of paddy and jowar had been increased by 50% each over the cost of cultivation to ₹1868 and ₹2,620 respectively.
MSP of bajra was hiked by 83% over the cost of cultivation to ₹2,150. Tomar also said that the Modi government had extended an interest subvention scheme for farmers by another three months to 31 August.