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Narendra Damodardas ModiSri Narendra Damodardas Modi born 17 September 1950 is the 15th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since 26 May 2014.Modi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from Varanasi. He led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which gave the party a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first for any political party in India since 1984.

Narendra Modi seeks his mother's blessings on his birthday on 17th september

Early life and educationModi was born on 17 September 1950, to a family of grocers in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat).Modi's family belonged to the Modh-Ghanchi-Teli (oil-presser) community. Modi was the third of six children born to Damodardas Mulchand (1915-1989) and Heeraben Modi. As a child, Modi helped his father sell tea at the Vadnagar railway station, and later ran a tea stall with his brother near a bus terminus. Modi completed his higher secondary education in Vadnagar in 1967, where a teacher described him as an average student and a keen debater, with an interest in theatre.

Modi in his rss training sessions

Modi completed his higher secondary education in Vadnagar in 1967, where a teacher described him as an average student and a keen debater, with an interest in theatre.Modi had an early gift for rhetoric in debates, and this was noted by his teachers and students. Modi preferred playing larger-than-life characters in theatrical productions, which has influenced his political image. At age eight, Modi discovered the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and began attending its local shakhas (training sessions). There, Modi met Lakshmanrao Inamdar, popularly known as Vakil Saheb, who inducted him as an RSS balswayamsevak (junior cadet) and became his political mentor.

Modi when he was a boy

While Modi was training with the RSS, he also met Vasant Gajendragadkar and Nathalal Jaghda, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leaders who were founding members of the BJP's Gujarat unit in 1980At age eight, Modi discovered the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and began attending its local shakhas (training sessions). There, Modi met Lakshmanrao Inamdar, popularly known as Vakil Saheb, who inducted him as an RSS balswayamsevak (junior cadet) and became his political mentor. While Modi was training with the RSS, he also met Vasant Gajendragadkar and Nathalal Jaghda, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leaders who were founding members of the BJP's Gujarat unit in 1980.

Narendra Modi during RSS Days

Early political career

On 26 June 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India which lasted until 1977. During this period, many of her political opponents were jailed and opposition groups (including the RSS) were banned.As pracharak in-charge of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS, Modi was forced to go underground in Gujarat and frequently traveled in disguise to avoid arrest. He became involved in printing pamphlets opposing the government, sending them to Delhi and organising demonstrations.During this period, Modi wrote a book in Gujarati, Sangharsh ma Gujarat (The Struggles of Gujarat), describing events during the Emergency.

Early modi

He was assigned by the RSS to the BJP in 1985.In 1988, Modi was elected organising secretary of the party's Gujarat unit, marking his entrance into electoral politics.He rose within the party, helping organise L. K. Advani's 1990 Ayodhya Rath Yatra in 1990 and Murli Manohar Joshi's 199192 Ekta Yatra (Journey for Unity). As party secretary, Modi's electoral strategy was considered central to BJP victory in the 1995 state assembly elections .In November of that year Modi was elected BJP national secretary and transferred to New Delhi, where he assumed responsibility for party activities in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Narendra Modi with 4th RSS Chief Prof Rajju Bhaiyya ( Rajendra Singh )

The following year, Shankersinh Vaghela (one of the most prominent BJP leaders in Gujarat) defected to the INC after losing his parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha elections.Modi, on the selection committee for the 1998 Assembly elections in Gujarat, favoured supporters of BJP leaderKeshubhai Patel over those supporting Vaghela to end factional division in the party. His strategy was credited as key to the BJP winning an overall majority in the 1998 elections, and Modi was promoted to BJP general secretary (organisation) in May of that year.

Narendra Modi welcomed to Gujarat in 1990s

As the Chief Minister of GujaratAs the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Sri Modi's economic policies were praised, while his administration was also criticized for failing to significantly improve the human development in the state, and for failing to prevent the 2002 Gujarat riots. A Hindu nationalist and member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Modi remains a controversial figure domestically and internationally.He is the second most followed politician on social media after U.S. President Barack Obama.

Modi with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002

Chief Minister Modi and his cabinet ministers at a Planning Commission meeting in New Delhi, 2013

Prime Minister (2014present)

Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was the first to invite all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperationleaders to attend his swearing-in ceremony.His first cabinet consisted of 45 ministers, 25 fewer than the previous UPA government.

Modi being sworn in as Prime Minister, in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee , 2014

Modis republic day address

Economic policies

1. As Prime Minister, Modi announced measures to speed up the efficiency of India's economy and reform thered tapethat had traditionally hindered Indian business, streamlining the bureaucratic requirements on companies such as a complex permit and inspection system and numerous regulations, so as to make business easier.2. Modi also ordered reform among the bureaucrats of theIndian Administrative Serviceto ensure a more efficient government bureaucracy.The Planning Commissionwas abolished and replaced with a think tank calledNITI Aayog.In October 2014, the Modi government deregulated diesel prices.

Narendra Modi with Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Kalraj Mishra

3. Modi's government also liberalised India's foreign direct investment policies, allowing more foreign investment in numerous industries .In May 2015, it was reported that foreign direct investment in India had risen 61% since the previous year. In September 2015, India was the world's top foreign direct investment destination, overtaking China and the United States.In November 2015, his government eased foreign investment regulations in 15 major sectors of the economy.4.In September 2014, Modi introduced the Make in India initiative to encourage foreign companies to manufacture products in India, with the goal of turning India into a global manufacturing hub.[205]

Prime Minister Modi and President Obama shake hands during a joint press interaction

5. Modi's government has increased infrastructure spending to massively expand the country's transportation infrastructure. Projects to improve and expand the country's road and railway networks were undertaken, with railway reform being among the government's top priorities. 6. In December 2015, Modi's government signed an agreement with Japan to jointly build a bullet train system linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad.7. The Indian government also began a massive expansion of India's highway network, and is intent on building transport links to remote areas. 8. In addition, an expansion of the country's water transport network was put forward, with a plan on converting 101 rivers into national waterways for the transport of goods and passengers. Construction was started for new sea and river ports, and plans were drawn up for waterbus and hovercraft services.

Sardar Sarovar Dam during height increase.

9. Modi launched a flagship scheme for developing 100 smart cities on 25 June 2015. In addition to the smart cities initiative, Modi unveiled the "smart villages" initiative, under which rural villages will be given Internet access, clean water, sanitation, and low-carbon energy, with Members of Parliament overseeing the program's implementation in select villages in their constituencies, other than their own or those of their relaties, with the goal of at least 2,500 smart villages by 2019.10. Modi also launched the Digital India program, which aims to ensure that government services are available to Indians electronically so as to reduce the amount of paperwork, build infrastructure to ensure rural areas get high-speed Internet access, and promote digital literacy, including among the poor. 11. In June 2015, Modi launched the "Housing for All By 2022" project, which intends to eliminate slums in India by building about 20 million affordable homes for India's urban poor.

Modi in Digital india week celebrations

Health and sanitation policies

Modi's government developed a draft policy to introduce a universal health care system, known as the National Health Assurance Mission. Under this plan, the government was to provide free drugs, diagnostic treatment, and insurance coverage for serious ailments, although budgetary concerns have delayed its implementation.In October 2014, Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ("Clean India") campaign, a national cleanliness drive to eliminate widespread open defecation prevalent in rural areas, as well as reduce widespread littering throughout the country, so as to improve India's poor sanitary conditions. As part of the program, a public awareness campaign against littering was launched, and the Indian government stepped up construction of toilets in rural areas, as well as efforts to encourage people to use them. The Indian government also announced a series of projects to build new sewage treatment plants.

PM Modi participates in cleanliness drive at his constituency in Varanasi

Modi at a hospital dedication in Kheda district, 2013

Defence policy

Modi's government has increased defence spending to modernise and expand the Indian Armed Forces. In 2015, the military budget was raised by 11%. In September 2015, the Modi government announced the introduction of One Rank, One Pension, a 40-year-old demand of military veterans and their widows for equal pension for the same designation.Modi's government also negotiated a peace agreement to end a Naga insurgency in northwest India that had been ongoing since the 1950s.

P.M. Modi with the then Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and the chiefs of Indian Air Force, Navy and Army, in 2014.

International diplomacy

Modi invited leaders of the SAARC countries to his swearing-in as prime minister to strengthen ties among its member states. Modi visited Nepal on 8 August 2014, and began a five-day trip to Japan on 30 August. On 17 September, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India; financial memoranda of understanding and cooperation agreements between the countries were signed, which Modi called a new chapter in their economic relationship. The prime minister had a successful visit to the United States in the last week of September, which led to an improvement in relations between India and the US.In a 27 September address to the United Nations General Assembly Modi asked for the adoption of 21 June as International Yoga Day, and a resolution doing so was approved by the 193-member body.In September 2015, Modi visited silicon valley in USA to meet the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella.In November 2015, Modi visited the United Kingdom to meet with Queen Elizabeth and the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.

Narendra Modi with British Prime Minister David Cameron, London

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is received by Pakistani prime minister, Nawaz Sharif

Books

In 2001, Modi co-authored Setubandh, a biography of the RSS leader Lakshmanrao Inamdar. In 2007, a book comprising a collection of Modi's poems titled Aankh Aa Dhanya Chhe (Our Eyes Are So Blessed) was published. His Gujarati book titled Jyotipunj was published in 2008 and contains biographical profiles of various RSS leaders by whom he was inspired. The longest profile is of M. S. Golwalkar, under whose leadership the RSS expanded and whom Modi refers to as Pujniya Shri Guruji (meaning "Guru worthy of worship").According to The Economic Times, his intention was to explain the workings of the RSS to his readers and to reassure RSS members that he remained ideologically sound. Modi has authored eight other books, mostly comprising short stories for children.

Narendra Modi announces release of his book Convenient Action- Continuity for Change at COP21 Summit in Paris

Awards and recognition

Modi was named Best Chief Minister in a 2007 nationwide survey by India Today. In March 2012 he appeared on the cover of the Asian edition of Time, one of the few Indian politicians to have done so, and made the 2014 Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. Forbes Magazine ranked him the 15th-most-powerful person in the world in 2014 and the 9th-most-powerful person in the world in 2015.In 2015, Modi was one of Time's "30 most influential people on the internet" as the second-most-followed politician on Twitter and Facebook.In 2015, Modi was ranked fifth on Fortune magazine's second annual list of 'World's Greatest Leaders .He received an overall approval rating of 87% at the end of his first year in office, with 68% of people rating him "very favorably" and 93% approving of his government. In 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ranked 8th in the TIME magazines Person of the Year

Modi meeting the South Korean ambassador in Gandhinagar in 2013

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