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.
Should the stock market be shut until Covid-19 restrictions are lifted?
The Maharashtra government has progressively tightened restrictions on work and travel in Mumbai over the past week. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed the entire nation under a lockdown for a period of three weeks.
However, certain categories of services such as the financial markets continue to operate. As the stock market collapses in response to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and as market participants face difficulties in their operations, we asked experts if it is better to shut the market till the restrictions are lifted or keep it going. Aashish Somaiyya, CEO, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Co. The function of the markets is to weigh all factors, give a quote and provide liquidity.
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