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.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday virtually transferred ₹5,000 each into the bank accounts of 173 children, marking the formal launch of a welfare scheme that seeks to provide free education and financial assistance of ₹5,000 per month to the children orphaned during the coronavirus pandemic.Launching the "Mukhya Mantri Covid-19 Bal Sewa Yojana" from his residence, the chief minister assured that his government will take care of those who had lost their earning members during the pandemic.Many state governments have come up with welfare schemes for children orphaned due to the pandemic.On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a number of welfare measures for children who lost their parents.