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.
India works on post-coronavirus strategy
NEW DELHI : India is preparing to deal with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday directing his cabinet to work on a graded plan to slowly open the country for business.
Modi asked ministers to prepare a list of 10 major decisions and 10 priority areas to focus on once the lockdown is lifted. The decision captures the difficult trade-off that India needs to make between prioritizing saving lives and containing the economic damage in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 100 people in the country.
The Union government is, however, looking at a phased unwinding of the 21-day lockdown that has shuttered businesses and brought life to a standstill. “Prime Minister said
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