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.
NEW DELHI : Adopting and implementing the ambitious National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day, will have its share of challenges, said health experts.While the covid-19 crisis has already put immense pressure on India’s poor health infrastructure, limited government resources will further accentuate the problems in the implementation of NDHM, which comprises six essential digital building blocks—Health ID, DigiDoctor, health facility registry, personal health records, e-pharmacy and telemedicine, they added.The technology-based initiative is a potential game changer, but is expected to face hurdles, especially in rural India, considering low internet penetration and little.