PM Narendra Modi : Selfmade Complete MAN:- People's Prime Minister: Pradhan-Sevak: Extra-Ordinary PM.

INTRODUCTION:- ******************************************************************************** Narendra Damodardas Modi ( born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since May 2014. Narendra Modi is known for his Patriotic Decisions. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 ******************************************************************************** CHILDHOOD:- ******************************************************************************** Modi helped his father sell tea as a child, and later ran his own stall. Modi had an early gift for rhetoric in debates ******************************************************************************** INSPIRATION:- ******************************************************************************** Vivekananda has been described as a large influence in Modi's life. ******************************************************************************** BOOKS WRITTEN:- ******************************************************************************** book in Gujarati, Sangharsh Ma Gujarat (In The Struggles of Gujarat) In 2007 Modi authored Karmayog He had published a Gujarati book titled Jyotipunj in 2008 Modi authored eight other books, mostly containing short stories for children. ******************************************************************************** GUJARAT DEVELOPMENT:- ******************************************************************************** Under Modi, Gujarat topped the World Bank's "ease of doing business" rankings among Indian states for two consecutive years. In 2013, Gujarat was ranked first among Indian states for "economic freedom" by a report measuring governance, growth, citizens' rights and labour and business regulation among the country's 20 largest states. Tax breaks for businesses were easier to obtain in Gujarat than in other states, as was land. Modi's policies to make Gujarat attractive for investment included the creation of Special Economic Zones He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight, beginning a long association with the organisation. ******************************************************************************** CAREER :- ******************************************************************************** Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001, due to Keshubhai Patel's failing health and poor public image following the earthquake in Bhuj. His policies as chief minister, credited with encouraging economic growth, have received praise. Modi led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which gave the party a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first time a single party had achieved this since 1984. Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign direct investment in the Indian economy, increased spending on infrastructure, and reduced spending on healthcare and social welfare programmes. Modi has attempted to improve efficiency in the bureaucracy, and centralised power through the abolition of the planning commission. He has begun a high-profile sanitation campaign, and weakened or abolished environmental and labour /laws. Credited with engineering a political realignment towards right-wing politics, His policies during his second term have been credited with reducing corruption in the state. He established financial and technology parks in Gujarat and during the 2007 Vibrant Gujarat summit, real-estate investment deals worth ₹6.6 trillion were signed. from 2001 to 2010 Gujarat recorded an agricultural growth rate of 10.97 percent – the highest of any state. ******************************************************************************** FEATURES:- ******************************************************************************** He became the first Prime Minister born after India's independence from the British Empire. On 3 October 2001 he replaced Patel as Chief Minister of Gujarat In September 2013 Modi was named the BJP's candidate for prime minister in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. Modi projected himself as a person who could bring about "development," without focus on any specific policies. Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Over Modi's first year in office, the Indian GDP grew at a rate of 7.5 percent, making it the world's fastest-growing large economy. In September 2014, Modi introduced the Make in India initiative to encourage foreign companies to manufacture products in India, with the goal of turning the country into a global manufacturing hub. Modi wrote a forward to a textbook by Dinanath Batra released in 2014, which stated that ancient India possessed technologies including test-tube babies. On 25 June 2015, Modi launched a programme intended to develop 100 smart cities. The "Smart Cities" programme is expected to bring Information Technology companies an extra benefit of ₹20 billion (US$310 million). 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. In his first cabinet decision, Modi set up a team to investigate black money. On 9 November 2016, the government demonetised ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes, with the stated intention of curbing corruption, black money, the use of counterfeit currency, and terrorism. Modi repealed 1,200 obsolete laws in first three years as prime minister, against a total of 1,301 such laws repealed by previous governments over a span of 64 years. He started a monthly radio programme titled "Mann Ki Baat" on 3 October 2014. Modi also launched the Digital India programme, which has the goal of ensuring that government services are available electronically, building infrastructure to provide high-speed Internet access to rural areas, boosting manufacturing of electronic goods in the country, and promoting digital literacy. In December 2015, Modi's government signed an agreement with Japan to jointly build a bullet train system linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The Indian government put forward a plan on converting 101 rivers into national waterways for the transport He also launched a "smart villages" initiative, under which villages would be given Internet access, clean water, sanitation, and low-carbon energy Give up LPG subsidy is a campaign launched in March 2015 by the Indian government led by Narendra Modi. 400 railway Stations across the country are being equipped with Wi-Fi technology. The internet penetration in India rose from 20 percent in 2014 to 28.7 percent in 2016. Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana in August 2014. The initiative aimed to create bank accounts and debit cards for 150 million families, and to allow them an overdraft of ₹5,000 (US$78). He launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) on 1 May 2016 to distribute LPG connections to women of BPL families. 125.4 million accounts had been opened by January 2015. Modi government put in place the Goods and Services Tax, the biggest tax reform in the country since independence. Swachh Bharat Mission has been started to see that health and hygiene issues of the poor do not affect the working capacity and output of the poor and labourers