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: As India prepares to gradually kickstart its economy after a 40 day nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday nudged various ministries under his government to accelerate reform initiatives and remove obstacles in a time bound manner to attract investment and promote industrial growth.
Modi held a comprehensive meeting to discuss strategies to attract more foreign investments into India as well as to promote local investments to boost the economy against the backdrop of the covid-19 pandemic. “It was also discussed that the reform initiatives undertaken by the various Ministries should continue unabated and action should be taken in a time bound manner to remove any obstacles which impede promotion of