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.
PM Modi lays out roadmap for reopening business post lockdown
With the coronavirus crisis dealing a heavy blow to jobs and economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid down the measures his cabinet colleagues must take urgently as the country emerges from a crippling national lockdown.
The priorities that Modi has set include aiding quick recovery of businesses, clearing the bottlenecks to investments, reforming corporate governance and credit markets, ensuring financial stability and liquidity, speeding up infrastructure projects and reforming agriculture.
Modi’s emphasis on support to businesses and urgent reforms come at a time when businesses, struggling to pay wages and remain solvent, are keenly awaiting a big stimulus package. “The reform initiatives undertaken by the various
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