Narendra Modi - New Role as Chief of GCA

Narendra Modi - New Role as Chief of GCA

If validation was needed of political foray into cricket politics, Narendra Modi now heads the Gujarat Cricket Association.
Changing political hands, the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) sees COngress’ Narhari Amin make way for BJP man and Gujarat Chief Minister (CM), Narendra Modi to head’s the state cricket association.
Even as the encounter of Ishrant Jahan is creating problems for Gujarat, Modi if forging ahead, perhaps wanting to seek glory a la NCP leader, Sharad Pawar, the current ICC Vice President and former BCCI President.

Narendra Modi Net Worth

Narendra Modi Net Worth

Narendra Modi Net Worth

How Much Does Narendra Modi Make?

Narendra Modi is the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat since 7 October 2001 making him the longest serving Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat.

Born in a middle class family in Vadnagar, a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since childhood, and an active politician since early in life having a masters degree in political science

In 2007, during the election, Mr.Narendra Modi declared his assets. According to his affidavit, his estimated net worth was Rs.40 Lakhs as of 2007.

He has assets worth Rs 40 lac, does not own any vehicle and has no cases against him, according to an affidavit he filed before the Election Commission.

His assets include,

- a house in Sector-I area of Gandhinagar built on an area measuring 326.22 square metres. It was bought for about Rs 1.30 lac and its current market value was Rs 30 lac.

- Rs 8 lac in bank deposits at SBI's Gandhinagar Sachivalaya branch.

- In the same branch, his savings bank account had an amount of Rs 55,000.

- he possesses Rs 11,200 in cash and had three gold rings worth Rs 50,000.

- He has not invested in bonds, shares or debentures of any companies and had not availed of any bank loan either. He, however, held National Saving Certificates worth Rs 3.39 lac.

Gujarat Chief MInister Narendra Modi Biography

Gujarat Chief MInister Narendra Modi Biography

Narendra Modi is a vibrant chief minister of the Indian State of Gujrat.

The first slogan that he coined to capture the voters imagination was “Apnu Gujarat, Agavun Gujarat or Our Gujarat, Unique Gujarat”.

Since 7th October 2001 has been the chief minister of the Indian state of Gujrat. Narendra Modi was promoted to the office following the defeat of the BJP in the elections.

In December 2002, Narendra Modi won re – election as chief minister with 126 seats in the 182 – member assembly. In the early 1990′s, as elections organiser he participated in the rise to political dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat.

Mr Narendra Modi was born on 17th September 1950, to a middle class family in the Mehsana district of Gujarat. During his student life, Narendra Modi displayed influential leadership qualities, and this was clearly seen when Narendra Modi successfully set up a new chapter of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, at that time it was a powerful national student body.

This post – graduate in political entered social life right at the beginning of his in the early seventies. Narendra Modi joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as a young man in the year 1974.

After that he became a full – time worker and organiser for it. During his engagement with RSS, Narendra Modi plunged into the anti – corruption movement. In the early 1980s, Narendra Modi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Narendra Modi was the brigde between the RSS and the BJP.

Modi was recognized as the master planner between 1988 and 1995, who had successfully carried out the necessary groundwork for making BJP the ruling party of the state.

The responsibility of organizing two crucial national events were entrusted to Narendra Modi during this period – the Somnath to Ayodhya Rath Yatra (a very long march) of Mr Advani and a similar march from Kanyakumari (the southern most part of India) to the troubled Kashmir in north.

To note a statement of Lal Krishna Advani, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party about Modi “a leader who, after being subjected to a malicious and prolonged campaign of vilification, has been able to impress even his critics with his determination, single – minded focus, integrity and a wide array of achievements in a relatively short time”.

In the beginning, Narendra Modi was believed to be a back – room operator for the political party. Narendra Modi was made the National Secretary of the party in the year 1995, in charge of five major states in India.

Narendra Modi was asked to head the government of Gujrat in the turmoil period (2001) of Gujrat, as the state was undergoing problems because of several natural calamities including the massive Gujarat Earthquake in January 2001.

In order to compensate for economic losses, Modi re – organised the government’s administrative structure. It was during his headship Gujarat registered the highest growth rate among all the states in India with a GDP growth rate of over 10%.

Narendra Modi was credited by the Gujrat Government for reducing the fiscal deficiency of the state treasury by fifty percent and reducing the losses of the Gujarat State Electricity Board. It is his initiative with which the availability of electricity in many parts of rural Gujarat was increased in over 5,000 villages.

Successful raising of the height of the Narmada Dam from 95 to 110.64 metres is one of the most substantial accomplishments of his government that has been resulted in increased irrigation, water supplies and hydroelectric power.

The increased height has resulted in waters finally flowing to practically all parts of the state. Several drinking water schemes, in addition, have been accomplished and the problem of water scarcity is nearly on its way to extermination.

By over one hundred per cent, value of the agricultural production of Gujarat has grown during the first three years of the Narendra Modi’s government.

Narendra Modi is considered to be one of the most easily reachable political leaders in India. Narendra Modi is popular and progressive, tech – savvy and a true democrat, a poet and author of three books.

For the 500,000 government employees in Gujarat, Modi has launched a motivated training programme. Narendra Modi is a leader who believes in teamwork. This initiative of him is being watched in admiration by every other state and is in for replication through out the nation.

A true Karmayogi (doer), as Narendra Modi has been named Mr Modi refuses to be intimidated by catastrophes and turmoil and is effectively leading Gujrat to be one of the top states of India.

His trail – blasting efforts have afforded rich dividends for of the state.

Narendra Modi has been awarded by ‘India Today’ as the best chief minister twice in three years. Modi is considered front – runner in party’s leadership among the next generation of politicians.

A section of society calls him “Chhotte Sardar” the next Sardar Patel who is most distinguished politician from Gujarat – State who is the architect of India with immeccable contribution to India’s freedom movement.

Narendra Modi is widely esteemed as a youthful and vigorous leader with innovative thoughts. Modi has communicated his vision successfully to the people of Gujarat and has been able to impart faith, trust and hope among the 50 million people of Gujarat.

Image of the state as a preferred investment destination with the successful conclusion of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in January 2005, among global investors has taken a quantum leap.

Mr Narendra Modi is adored as an able and visionary leader, wide cross section of the people of Gujarat, cutting across religions, income groups and even political affiliations.

Narendra Modi is also admired as one who is successfully, significantly, extensively, transparently and persuasively uplifting the quality of their lives. A skilled narrator and an adroit negotiator, Mr Narendra Modi has earned the love and affection of people from villages and cities.

Convenient Action : Gujarat's Response To Challenges Of Climate Change Book Description

Convenient Action : Gujarat's Response To Challenges Of Climate Change Book Description

There has been broad agreement over the fundamentals of Climate Change in mainstream scientific circ les for some time now. Climate Change is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere. And its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous, if left unchecked.

written by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Narendra Modi, is an illustrative book containing successful examples of the policy and programmatic initiatives for dealing with Climate Change which he has undertaken during the last few years in the State of Gujarat, India. The book explicitly documents the development philosophy that forms the core of his public policy and how it has contributed to both adaptation and mitigation of Climate Change.

In a field more marked by debates and discourses, the book stands distinct in its emphasis on action and how a conscious Climate Change Policy can bring in visible results. The book thus caters to a wide cross section of readers which includes policy makers, scientists, research scholars, students, writers and the general public at large.

“I would call this unique compendium of action a of Narendra Modi who has shown a definite path and determined strategy to meet the Challenges of Climate Change.”
--- Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group

Some lesser known things about Narendra Modi

Some lesser known things about Narendra Modi

"My son is not against anybody. For him Desh Prem [love of the nation] is more important than anything else in life," says Hiraben, mother of the caretaker Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi.

When you tell her that Muslims dislike her son, she says, "Ask the Muslims of Vadnagar. They will never say anything against my son. He is not against Muslims. He always used to tell me that if there is one person who is ready to die for the country, it is him."

On entering Vadnagar in Mehsana district, there is a huge poster of Modi next to those of the burning Sabarmati Express and Akshardham temple. Everyone here knows where Hiraben lives. The roads are narrow, but made of concrete. Cows and buffaloes greet you on the road to Modi's house near Modi gully.

One has to walk down the gully, as cars cannot enter. The resident are proud of the fact that a boy, who once used to run around in front of them, has become the chief minister and is the most popular leader in the state.

However, Modi is one of those rare politicians who has not done anything for his family and the locality where he grew up.

He has visited his family only five times ever since he left home in his teens to join the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He never attended marriages and other social functions in his family, but came when his father died. And apart from a telephone call every Diwali, Modi does not have any contact with his mother.

Hiraben's husband, Damodarbhai, was a small-time businessman and they had five sons and one daughter -- Soma, Narendra, Amrith, Prahlad, Pankaj and Vasanti [daughter].

Hiraben lives with the youngest son, Pankaj, who works in the information department of the state government in Gandhinagar. In spite of the fact that his brother is the chief minister, Pankaj takes a local bus to office. On an average he spends four hours travelling everyday, as the family does not even own a scooter.

Hiraben says she doesn't resent the fact that her son never helps her financially. "My son is a man of principle. He will only help if people at large are benefited. Our whole family believes in simple living. In fact, we always taught Narendra to live honestly. So why should I feel bad if he does not help us financially," she says.

Hiraben is in her late eighties and cannot walk without the help a cane. She wears thick spectacles and dresses up in a simple white sari. Though her elder sons are settled in Ahmedabad, she says she will not move away from Vadnagar. "I love my motherland very much and I cannot move to Ahmedabad because I don't like that place so much."

Reminiscing, Hiraben says, "Once he [Modi] found a one-rupee coin on the road... I told him to spend it on himself. But instead he gave that coin to a poor man's daughter in our village, who needed money to buy books and pencils".

"I remember once he got home a baby crocodile, which was in bad condition. He wanted to nurse it, but we asked him to release it in the river. He agreed, but reluctantly. I know he loves everyone."

Hiraben says her son does all his work, including washing and ironing his clothes. "And yes, no matter what the temperature is, he always takes bath in cold water," she adds. Ask her which party she will vote for, Hiraben says, "Of course BJP! I always used to vote for the Jan Sangh [the BJP's parent party]. If you have parents then you cannot change them. In the same ways, if you have one party you must vote for that party only."

Like all mothers, Hiraben misses her son very much. "After all I am his mother. But luckily, now I see him on television everyday and give him blessings. I feel very proud of him."

Profile: Narendra Modi

He is the most controversial figure in modern Indian politics - likened by his many enemies to Adolf Hitler, Slobodan Milosevic and Pol Pot.

Narendra Modi, 52, the chief minister of India's western state of Gujarat, was catapulted to infamy last year after presiding over India's worst communal riots for a decade.

The main charge: that his police force merely watched as Hindu mobs in Ahmedabad, Gujarat's historic main city, and in surrounding towns and villages, burned out entire Muslim communities and desecrated mosques. The riots left 100,000 people homeless, severely damaged India's credentials as a secular democracy, and were described - correctly - as genocide.

They also led to a major diplomatic rift between Britain and India after a report by the British high commission in New Delhi blamed India's BJP-led coalition government.

Writing in the Guardian, a group of south Asian scholars said Mr Modi should be indicted for his "culpable" role in the killings, and called on the British government to declare him persona non grata. Lawyers for the three dead Britons explored ways of prosecuting him.

The chief minister, however, was unrepentant. The strategy worked. In state elections last December Mr Modi won an astonishing majority - and praise from Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India's elderly BJP prime minister, who had briefly considered sacking his troublesome protege.

Many now believe that Mr Modi's brand of chauvinist anti-Muslim politics, known in India as Modi-tva, will see the BJP win a historic second term in India's general elections next year.

But the riots appear to have done permanent damage to Hindu-Muslim relations in India, a country with 140 million Muslims. None of the Hindu rioters who took part in last year's killings have been brought to justice, largely because Mr Modi's government has consistently frustrated attempts to prosecute the guilty.

Earlier this summer India's high court threw out a case against 21 people accused of burning 14 Muslims to death at a bakery in Vadodra. India's national human rights commission has appealed against the ruling after it emerged that all of the witnesses for the prosecution had been terrorised into silence. Mr Modi is contesting the appeal.

An MA graduate who can speak fluent English but who prefers to declaim in Gujarati or Hindi as he did in London last night, Mr Modi is technically savvy, and usually answers his own email. He is single, and a vegetarian.

His decision to fly to Britain suggests he is preparing to launch himself on the national Indian stage, with some pundits tipping him as a future Indian prime minister.

If he ever makes it, then India's tradition of secular democracy, which has been under threat for some time, will have been replaced by something much darker.