Narendra Modi

Prime Minister · India

Narendra Modi is the prime minister of India, serving a third term at the head of a coalition after his party lost its outright parliamentary majority in 2024.

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Age75

BornSeptember 17, 1950 · Vadnagar, Gujarat, India

FieldHead of government

CountryIndia

RolePrime Minister of India

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Over the same period the Unified Payments Interface reached roughly twenty billion transactions a month and went live in nine countries, a form of power that does not depend on a parliamentary majority.

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People · Aug 19, 2026

Modi's majority shrank and India's payment rails kept compounding. Those are two different kinds of power

His party lost its outright majority in 2024 and he took a third term leading a coalition. Over the same period the payment system his government built passed twenty billion transactions a month. Two kinds of power, moving apart.

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