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.
covid-19 vaccines to its population on Sunday since the nationwide vaccination drive started in the country last year on 16 January. “As per provisional reports till 1 pm today, a total of 2,00,0015,631 doses have been administered across the country.
This has been achieved through 2,63,26,111 sessions," the union health ministry said in a statement. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the countrymen on bringing about this significant feat.
He called India’s vaccination drive “unparalleled in scale and speed". The union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya also congratulated the country on achieving this landmark in only 18 months.
He stated that “this extraordinary achievement will be etched in history". In the last 24 hours, India has reported 20,528 new covid cases taking the total number of active case load to 1,43,449.