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.
NEW DELHI : The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on Wednesday reached out to its core support base as it made a slew of announcements on reform measures particularly targeted at aiding the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), giving relief to salaried class and restoring demand to increase purchasing power.
The move was high on optics as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had categorically said in his address to the nation on Tuesday that time had come to focus on local and to make it global because it was the local that helped the country during the outbreak coronavirus pandemic that has led nationwide lockdown of over 50 days now.