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 Indian foriegn ministry in coordination with its missions abroad besides the civil aviation ministry and state governments, is drawing up plans to bring back Indians stranded abroad, two people familiar with the development said on Sunday.
Though the consultations are on, the stranded Indians will be flown back only after the nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the novel coronavirus is lifted, the two people said separately.
Prime minister Narendra Modi has announced that the lockdown will be in place still 3 May. The evacuations were discussed at a meeting of state chief secretaries chaired by cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba on Saturday.