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.
PM Modi to address the nation today on the government’s approach to lifting the lockdown amid a push by businesses for a massive stimulus package India plans to slowly reopen its economy, while maintaining stringent curbs in covid-19 hotspots, as the government aims to restart industrial activity after a 21-day lockdown and prevent the current upheaval from devolving into a deeper social crisis with millions of poor left hungry and jobless.
Expectations of a massive fiscal stimulus package to revive economic activity and provide jobs and income to affected people have risen with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to address the nation at 10 am on Tuesday, the last day of the 21-day initial lockdown.