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.
Govt mulls a phased unwinding of the 21-day lockdown, general guidelines likely today
Govt tells states to evolve strategy to lift restrictions gradually amid concerns of a spurt in cases at hotspots, may issue general guidelines on this today NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : The Union government is looking at a phased unwinding of the 21-day lockdown that has shuttered businesses and brought life to a standstill and has sought suggestions from states to evolve a common approach to lift the curbs gradually.
The decision to involve states to evolve a strategy to end the restrictions was articulated during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video conference with state chief ministers on Thursday.
States were asked to set up task forces to make suggestions for a gradual lifting of lockdown in the meeting that lasted for around two-and-a-half
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