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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the nation for the sixth time since the novel coronavirus outbreak. He spoke on a slew of issues concerning the nation including India’s Unlock 2.0 plan of resuming services in a phased and calibrated manner and on Centre's 'free food grains for poor' scheme.Modi stressed on the importance of wearing masks and maintaining social distance in order to contain the spread of Covid-19. "Since Unlock 1, negligence in personal and social behavior is also increasing.
At first, we were very cautious about the mask, about 'do gaz doori' distancing, washing hands several times a day for 20 seconds.