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.
Economic revival, fight against coronavirus key focus areas, says PM Modi
NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need to gradually bring the battered economy back to life after a crippling coronavirus lockdown in his meeting with the state chief ministers on Monday.
This comes in the backdrop of many states arguing that lifting restrictions too soon could risk a deadly resurgence. “We have to give importance to the economy as well as continue the fight against covid-19," Modi said on Monday in a video conference with chief ministers as the 40-day nationwide lockdown neared an end.
Modi’s decision to refocus on the economy after imposing one of the strictest lockdowns in the world comes amid joblessness surging to 23.4% in the week ended 5 April, according to a Centre for Monitoring Indian
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