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.
'Unity, alertness of all Indians would help safeguard country's future,' said PM Modi on fighting Covid-19 pandemic Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Indian missions on Monday to publicise the newly established PM-CARES Fund on Covid-19 to mobilise donations from abroad to combat the virus. "Unity, alertness of all Indians would help safeguard country's future," said Modi on fighting Covid-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, officials of Ministry of External Affairs pledged to donate ₹1 crore to relief fund announced by Modi to help fight coronavirus outbreak in country.
All MEA officials are donating a day's salary to PM-CARES Fund, while some of them are voluntarily donating more, said an MEA official.