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.
As the Prime Minister’s call for a country that relies on itself finds wide resonance, India Inc would be better placed to pursue this goal if our economy is kept open to the rest of the world Ever since the Great Lockdown began, the term “aatmanirbhar", or self- reliant, has gained salience in India as an adjective for the country.
It found mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech of 24 March announcing an interim closure of the economy to fight the covid-19 pandemic.
For those stuck at home, the phrase had personal resonance, though it was to be a national project, the contours of which have been getting clearer in the weeks since.