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.
COVID-19: Govt will ensure there is enough supply of essential goods
NEW DELHI: The Centre and states will ensure there is enough supply of essential goods such as food and medicines amid a nationwide lockdown for three weeks to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said. “We have asked states and districts to come up with helpline numbers soon.
Some states have already implemented it," Javadekar said briefing reporters after the meeting of the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The minister urged citizens to refrain from panic buying as essential commodities. The minister said states are announcing fiscal measures to take care of million of workers in the informal sector and daily wage workers affected by the lockdown.
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