Narendra Modi

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Expose mask of Congress on CAA’ - PM Modi advises chief secretary of state BJP

Prime Minister Narendar Modi, who had come to Karanataka on a two-day visit, has collected all the information with regards to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) campaign of BJP to create awareness among the people on Friday, when he was returning to New Delhi. Modi has also asked state BJP leaders to expose the mask worn by Congress on opposing CAA. Modi questioned N Ravikumar, chief secretary of the party and also the convener of the CAA awareness campaign with regards to the progress of the campaign at the Yelahanka air base from where the PM returned to New Delhi.

Replying to the query of PM Modi, Ravikumar said that so far they are successful in the CAA campaign and the party is trying to create awareness on CAA at village level, in addition to taluk and districts of the state and that they have found a good success rate. Listening to Ravikumar's explanation, Modi asked Ravi Kumar to further intensify the CAA awareness campaign and remove the mask worn by Congress party.

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Narendra Modi Blessed to be at the Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru and that too at the start of the new year.

[Nitin Kumar]

Sukhbir Badal condemns Sikh man's killing in Peshawar, urges PM Modi to take up issue with Imran Khan


SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday condemned the killing of a Sikh man in Peshawar and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue with his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan to ensure safety of the community in the neighboring country.

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Honorable prime minister Modi attended Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru on 3 January

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PM Meets Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata, Others Over Plan To Revive Economy


Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the country's top industrialists, including Mukesh Ambani and Ratan Tata, on Monday to brainstorm on ways to revive the economy and create jobs as the Budget draws near. The meeting was held at the PM's office in the afternoon.
A group photo showed PM Modi with Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata patriarch Ratan Tata, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, telecom boss Sunil Bharti Mittal and Gautam Adani besides others.

PM Modi has been meeting with various groups and industrialists over the past few days. Monday's meeting was in line with those discussions in the run-up to the Union Budget due next month.

The pace of economic growth dropped to 4.5 per cent, the weakest in six years, in the latest GDP data for the July-September quarter. The slump in manufacturing output and consumption demand has played a big role in the slowdown.

In an attempt to check the slowdown, the government slashed corporate tax to 22 per cent from 30 per cent in September and also lowered the tax rate for new manufacturing companies to 15 per cent to attract new foreign direct investments. The tax rate reductions bring India on par with rates in other Asian countries.

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PM Narendra Modi invites ideas and suggestions for Union Budget 2020


In a unique move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited people to share their ideas and suggestions for this year's Union Budget. PM Modi retweeted the government's citizen engagement platform and wrote: "The Union Budget represents the aspirations of 130 crore Indians and lays out the path towards India’s development. I invite you all to share your ideas and suggestions for this year’s Budget on MyGov." A few days back, the Centre's citizen engagement platform, MyGovIndia, asked for suggestions related to the Budget which "will be presented in the Parliament in the upcoming session."

[Nitin Kumar]

PM Modi meets economists, industry experts ahead of Budget 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, brainstorm with top economists at NITI Aayog to discuss the economic slowdown and set the base for government agenda going forward. Top cabinet ministers including home minister Amit Shah, road minister Nitin Gadkari, commerce minister Piyush Goyal and rural development minister Narendra Singh Tomar attended the meeting which lasted nearly two hours. Besides, Niti Àayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar were present in the meeting with his top officers and members in the annual exercise done before the union budget. The meeting gains significance as the government wants to adopt all-around approach the economic slowdown in the country after GDP data for July-September showed economic growth at a six-year low of 4.5%. Sources told ET that PM has emphasized on the need for development of infrastructure in the social sector for the overall economic development besides discussing steps to boost the economy in the near-term. The government has announced a series of measures to give a push to attract investments and revive demand, including a reduction in corporate tax rates, but they are yet to show results.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on February 1.
Modi has been interacting with top business tycoons to discuss issues impacting economic growth.

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PM Modi visited Saudi Arabia on 29 October 2019. During the visit, PM held extensive discussions with His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince HRH Mohammed bin Salman. The PM also addressed the Future Investment Initiative Forum in Riyadh.

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PM Modi reminded that nation bows before Constitution, not him: Congress after SC order on Kashmir

Soon after the Supreme Court asked the J&K administration to review within a week all orders imposing curbs in the Union Territory, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said its a "double shock for Modi-Shah that dissent cannot be oppressed by imposing section 144".
The Congress on Friday said that the Supreme Court has given a big jolt to the Narendra Modi government's "illegal activities" by ruling that access to the internet is a fundamental right and that dissent cannot be oppressed by imposition of prohibitory orders.

"SC delivers the first big jolt of 2020 to illegal activities of the Modi government by stating the importance of the internet as a fundamental right. Double shock for Modi-Shah that dissent cannot be oppressed by imposing section 144. Modiji reminded that nation bows before Constitution and not him!" Randeep Surjewala said in a tweet.

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PM Modi warns pharma companies not to bribe doctors with women, foreign trips and gadgets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned India’s top pharmaceutical companies to strictly adhere to marketing ethics, and not to bribe doctors with women, foreign trips and gadgets, ThePrint has learnt. Government sources said PM Modi met senior officials from top drug-makers, including Zydus Cadila, Torrent Pharmaceuticals and Wockhardt, in New Delhi on 2 January.

“The issue of unethical use of marketing tactics has been escalated to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) which, in turn, made calls to some top drug-makers and fixed a meeting with the PM,” said a senior government official who attended the meeting. “The PM told drug-makers that their non-compliance with marketing practices is pushing the government to create a strict law. He has warned about bringing in a statutory provision, and indicated that the ministry (of chemicals and fertilisers) has been asked to start working on it,” the official said.

Top executives such as Pankaj Patel of Zydus Cadila, Sudhir Mehta of Torrent and Habil Khorakiwala from Wockhardt were in attendance, apart from the leadership team of Apollo Hospitals, sources said. There was no response to emails and text messages sent to Patel, Mehta, Wockhardt and Apollo Hospitals until the time of publishing this report.

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Prime Minister Modi has tried to instill confidence in their minds about the vast opportunity of investing in India.