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.
Modi’s address on economic package and lockdown 4.0 draws 193 mln TV viewers
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation this week on the ₹20 trillion stimulus package and the extension of the covid-19 lockdown drew 193 million viewers across 197 television channels, according to data from the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
On Tuesday, Modi announced an aggressive bailout package aimed at softening the devastating impact of the coronavirus lockdown that has rendered millions jobless and pushed thousands of businesses to the brink of bankruptcy.
The fiscal package, comprising about 10% of India’s gross domestic product also aims to build a self-reliant India. Details of the package were being announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman starting Wednesday.
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