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.
The contours of Lockdown 4.0 will be decided based on suggestions received from statesThere was a complete lockdown across the country in the first phase from 25 March Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that ‘Lockdown 4.0’, starting 18 May, will be “totally different" from the previous phases, and the contours will be decided on the basis of suggestions received from state governments.
There may be more relaxations, but people will have to continue taking precautions, including wearing masks and social distancing, Modi said in his fifth address to the nation since March, which lasted 33 minutes.
The prime minister’s comments came as the third phase of lockdown is scheduled to end on 17 May. India has been under a lockdown since