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Narendra Modi

Official portrait, 2023

Prime Minister of India

Incumbent

Assumed office
26 May 2014

President

Pranab Mukherjee
Ram Nath Kovind
Droupadi Murmu

Vice President

Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Venkaiah Naidu
Jagdeep Dhankhar

Preceded by

Manmohan Singh\n

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Additional ministries
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Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2014
Ministry and Departments	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Space Department of Atomic Energy
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh\n

Leader of the House, Lok Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office
26 May 2014

Deputy

Gopinath Munde
Sushma Swaraj
Rajnath Singh
Nitin Gadkari

Speaker

Sumitra Mahajan
Om Birla

Preceded by

Sushilkumar Shinde

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office
5 June 2014

Preceded by

Murli Manohar Joshi

Constituency

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister of Gujarat

In office
7 October 2001 \u2013 22 May 2014

Governor

Preceded by

Keshubhai Patel

Succeeded by

Anandiben Patel

Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

In office
15 December 2002 \u2013 16 May 2014

Preceded by

Kamlesh Patel

Succeeded by

Suresh Patel

Constituency

Maninagar

In office
24 February 2002 \u2013 19 July 2002

Preceded by

Vajubhai Vala

Succeeded by

Vajubhai Vala

Constituency

Rajkot II

General Secretary (Organisation) of the Bharatiya Janata Party

In office
5 January 1998^[1] \u2013 7 October 2001

Preceded by

Kushabhau Thakre

Succeeded by

Sanjay Joshi

Personal details

Born

Narendra Damodardas Modi

17 September 1950 (age 74)
Vadnagar, Bombay State, India
(present-day Gujarat)

Political party

Bharatiya Janata Party

Spouse

Jashodaben Modi

(m. 1968; sep. 1971)

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Residence

7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi

Alma mater

Delhi University (BA)
Gujarat University (MA)

Awards

List of awards and honours

Signature

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Website

Narendra Modi's voice

Narendra Modi on the COVID-19 pandemic
Recorded 19 March 2020

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Prime Minister of India

Incumbent

Chief Ministership\n

Chief Minister of Gujarat
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- 2002
- 2007
- 2012
Gujarat Council of Ministers\n
- First
- Second
- Third
- Fourth

Premiership
(Timeline)\n

2014\n
2019\n
- Campaign
- Main Bhi Chowkidar
2024\n
- Campaign
- Abki Baar 400 Paar
Oath of office\n
- 2014
- 2019
- 2024
Union Council of Ministers\n
- First
- Second\n
  - Reshuffle
- Third
Lok Sabha\n
- Sixteenth
- Seventeenth
- Eighteenth
Mann Ki Baat
International trips
Approval ratings

Budgets\n

Union budgets\n
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019 (Interim)
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024 (Interim)
- 2024
- 2025
Railway budgets\n
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016

National policy

Agriculture:\n
- Agriculture acts
- Atal Bhujal
- E-NAM
- Fasal Bima
- Gramin Bhandaran
- Kisan Samman Nidhi
- Krishi Sinchai
- Mega Food Parks
- PM-AASHA

Digital:\n
- Aarogya Setu
- BharatNet
- DigiLocker
- ESign
- UMANG

Economy:\n
- Banknote demonetisation
- Jan Dhan
- MUDRA Bank
- Multi-Modal Logistics Parks
- Unified Pension Scheme

Energy:\n
- Saubhagya
- Ujjwala
- Ultra Mega Solar Power
- Urja Ganga Gas Pipeline

Infrastructure:\n
- Bharat Mandapam
- Awas
- Central Vista
- National War Memorial
- New Parliament House
- Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya
- Statue of Subhas Chandra Bose
- Statue of Unity
- Yashobhoomi

Policy:\n

Other public services:\n

Transport - Aviation:\n
- UDAN

Transport - Rail:\n

Transport - Road:\n

Transport - Water:\n
- RORO ferries
- Sagarmala

Campaigns\n

Economy:\n
- Atmanirbhar Bharat
- Digital India
- Give up LPG subsidy
- Know India
- Make in India
- Skill India
- Standup India
- Startup India
- Swachh Bharat
- Swachh Dhan
- Unnat Bharat

Health:\n
- Ayushman Bharat
- Fit India

Public service:\n
- Accessible India

Missions\n

Establishments and foundations\n

Events and observances\n

Military and rescue operations\n

Treaties and accords\n

Foreign policy

Asian\n
- Act East
- Central Asia
- Middle Eastern
- South Asian
Security and Growth for All in the Region
Vaccine Maitri
Canada\u2013India diplomatic row
India\u2013Maldives diplomatic row

Establishments and foundations\n

Events and observances\n

Military and rescue operations\n

Treaties and accords\n

Controversies\n

\n $\"\"$ Media related to Narendra Modi at Wikimedia Commons

Narendra Damodardas Modi^[a] (born 17 September 1950)^[b] is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.^[4]\n

Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat, where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight. At the age of 18, he was married to Jashodaben Modi, whom he abandoned soon after, only publicly acknowledging her four decades later when legally required to do so. Modi became a full-time worker for the RSS in Gujarat in 1971. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985 and he rose through the party hierarchy, becoming general secretary in 1998.^[c] In 2001, Modi was appointed chief minister of Gujarat and elected to the legislative assembly soon after. His administration is considered complicit in the 2002 Gujarat riots,^[d] and has been criticised for its management of the crisis. According to official records, a little over 1,000 people were killed, three-quarters of whom were Muslim; independent sources estimated 2,000 deaths, mostly Muslim.^[13] A Special Investigation Team appointed by the Supreme Court of India in 2012 found no evidence to initiate prosecution proceedings against him.^[e] While his policies as chief minister were credited for encouraging economic growth, his administration was criticised for failing to significantly improve health, poverty and education indices in the state.^[f]\n

In the 2014 Indian general election, Modi led the BJP to a parliamentary majority, the first for a party since 1984. His administration increased direct foreign investment, and reduced spending on healthcare, education, and social-welfare programmes. Modi began a high-profile sanitation campaign, and weakened or abolished environmental and labour laws. His demonetisation of banknotes in 2016 and introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2017 sparked controversy. Modi's administration launched the 2019 Balakot airstrike against an alleged terrorist training camp in Pakistan. The airstrike failed,^[16]^[17] but the action had nationalist appeal.^[18] Modi's party won the 2019 general election which followed.^[19] In its second term, his administration revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir,^[20]^[21] and introduced the Citizenship Amendment Act, prompting widespread protests, and spurring the 2020 Delhi riots in which Muslims were brutalised and killed by Hindu mobs.^[22]^[23]^[24] Three controversial farm laws led to sit-ins by farmers across the country, eventually causing their formal repeal. Modi oversaw India's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which, according to the World Health Organization's estimates, 4.7 million Indians died.^[25]^[26] In the 2024 general election, Modi's party lost its majority in the lower house of Parliament and formed a government leading the National Democratic Alliance coalition.^[27]^[28]\n

Under Modi's tenure, India has experienced democratic backsliding, or the weakening of democratic institutions, individual rights, and freedom of expression.^[29]^[30]^[g] As prime minister, he has received consistently high approval ratings.^[36]^[37]^[38] Modi has been described as engineering a political realignment towards right-wing politics. He remains a controversial figure domestically and internationally, over his Hindu nationalist beliefs and handling of the Gujarat riots, which have been cited as evidence of a majoritarian and exclusionary social agenda.^[h]\n

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Year\n	Office\n	Constituency\n	Party\n	Votes for Modi\n	%\n	Opponent\n	Party\n	Votes\n	%\n	Margin\n	Result\n	Ref\n
2002^\n	Member of the Legislative Assembly\n	Rajkot II\n	Bharatiya Janata Party\n	\n	45,298\n	57.32\n	Ashwinbhai Narbheshankar Mehta\n	Indian National Congress\n	\n	30,570\n	38.68\n	14,728\n	Won\n	^[538]\n
2002\n	Maninagar\n	113,589\n	73.29\n	Yatinbhai Oza\n	38,256\n	24.68\n	75,333\n	Won\n	^[539]\n
2007\n	139,568\n	69.53\n	Dinsha Patel\n	52,407\n	26.11\n	87,161\n	Won\n	^[540]\n
2012\n	120,470\n	75.38\n	Shweta Sanjiv Bhat\n	34,097\n	21.34\n	86,373\n	Won\n	^[179]\n
2014\n	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha\n	Vadodara\n	845,464\n	72.75\n	Madhusudan Mistry\n	275,336\n	23.69\n	570,128\n	Won\n	^[541]\n
2014\n	Varanasi\n	581,022\n	56.37\n	Arvind Kejriwal\n	Aam Aadmi Party\n	\n	209,238\n	20.30\n	371,784\n	Won\n	^[223]\n
2019\n	674,664\n	63.62\n	Shalini Yadav\n	Samajwadi Party\n	\n	195,159\n	18.40\n	479,505\n	Won\n	^[542]\n
2024\n	612,970\n	54.24\n	Ajay Rai\n	Indian National Congress\n	\n	460,457\n	40.74\n	152,513\n	Won\n	^[543]^[544]\n

Political offices\n
Preceded by Keshubhai Patel \n	Chief Minister of Gujarat 2001\u20132014\n	Succeeded by Anandiben Patel \n
Preceded by Manmohan Singh \n	Prime Minister of India 2014\u2013present\n	Incumbent\n
Gujarat Legislative Assembly\n
Preceded by Vajubhai Vala \n	Member of the Legislative Assembly for Rajkot II 2002\u20132002\n	Succeeded by Vajubhai Vala \n
Preceded by Kamlesh Patel \n	Member of the Legislative Assembly for Maninagar 2002\u20132014\n	Succeeded by Suresh Patel \n
Lok Sabha\n
Preceded by Murli Manohar Joshi \n	Member of Parliament for Varanasi 2014\u2013present\n	Incumbent\n
Preceded by Sushilkumar Shinde \n	Leader of the House 2014\u2013present\n
Diplomatic posts\n
Preceded by $\"Russia\"$ Vladimir Putin \n	Leader of BRICS Summit 2016\n	Succeeded by $\"China\"$ Xi Jinping \n
Preceded by $\"Uzbekistan\"$ Shavkat Mirziyoyev \n	Head of SCO Summit 30 November 2020\n	Succeeded by $\"Kazakhstan\"$ Kassym-Jomart Tokayev \n
Preceded by $\"Russia\"$ Vladimir Putin \n	Leader of BRICS Summit 2021\n	Succeeded by $\"China\"$ Xi Jinping \n
Preceded by $\"Indonesia\"$ Joko Widodo \n	Chairperson of the Group of 20 2023\n	Succeeded by $\"Brazil\"$ Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva \n

Early life and education

Early political career

Chief Minister of Gujarat (2001\u20132014)

Taking office

2002 Gujarat riots

Later terms as Chief Minister

Development projects

Development debate

Allegations of bribery

Premiership campaigns

2014 Indian general election

2019 Indian general election

2024 Indian general election

Prime Minister (2014\u2013present)

Governance and other initiatives

Hindutva

Economy

Health and sanitation

Foreign policy

G20 Presidency

Defence

Environment

Democratic backsliding

Public perception and image

Image

Approval ratings

In popular culture

Awards and recognition

Electoral history

Writing career

Bibliography

See also

References

Notes

Citations

Sources

Further reading

External links

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