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.
WHO lauds PM Modi govt's relief package to help poor during lockdown
World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today praised steps taken by PM Narendra Modi to help poor during the 21-day nation-wide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Taking to Twitter, he praised PM Narendra Modi for announcing relief package for poor and needy that provided free food rations, cash transfers and free cooking gas. "My appreciation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing a $24 billion package to support Flag of India's vulnerable populations during COVID19 crisis, including: -free food rations for 800M disadvantaged people; -cash transfers to 204M poor women -free cooking gas for 80M households," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet.
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