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.
Nearly 24 million people in rural areas enrolled for jobs under MNREGS: Govt
NEW DELHI: Nearly 24 million job seekers in rural areas were enrolled for work under the national rural employment guarantee scheme so far since th lockdown was announced, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.
Outlining relief measures meant to mitigate the impact of the lockdown on farmers, migrants, and tribal communities under the ₹20 trillion stimulus package, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week, Sitharman said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) had generated 146.2 million person-days of work till 13 May.
This, the minister said, was 40%-50% higher on year. The government has increased wages under MGNREGS by from ₹182 to ₹202, Sitharaman said. “There is
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