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.
MUMBAI : India’s renewable energy ministry has proposed imposing customs duty on some solar power equipment starting Aug.
1 as part of the country’s goal of becoming self-sufficient, the Press Information Bureau said in a statement.The ministry has proposed taxing imports of solar cells, modules and inverters starting August, the statement said, citing power minister Raj Kumar Singh’s interaction with the industry.
The decision comes amid recent border skirmishes with China, which accounts for nearly 80% of module supplies in the country.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a call for self-reliance, echoing a global sentiment to diversify supply chains in the post-pandemic world.