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.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the government should rework on the ₹20 trillion economic stimulus package, announced to mitigate the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, by giving money directly to people to spur demand instead of focusing on a loan-centric approach.
Senior Congress leaders and other opposition parties have raised concerns over the scope of the package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week.
Three tranches of the stimulus package have already been announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and a fourth tranche is due for announcement today evening.