Auction of Gifts Received by PM Narendra Modi Begins Today Online at pmmementos.gov.in; Funds Collected to Be Used For Namami Gange Project
The auction of over 2,700 gifts Prime Minister Narendra Modi received from across the country has begun on Saturday and will continue till October 3. The gifts including headgears, shawls, portraits, swords gifted by different organisations and chief ministers to the PM are currently on display at the National Gallery of Modern Arts.
New Delhi, September 14: The auction of over 2,700 gifts Prime Minister Narendra Modi received from across the country has begun on Saturday and will continue till October 3. The gifts including headgears, shawls, portraits, swords gifted by different organisations and chief ministers to the PM are currently on display at the National Gallery of Modern Arts in New Delhi. The amount collected from the auction will be used for the Namami Gange project for cleaning the river Ganga. The auction will be completely online and the bidders can log on to pmmementos.gov.in to bid for the products. Vadnagar Tea Stall, Where PM Narendra Modi Sold Tea in Childhood, to Become Tourist Spot: Gujarat Government.
There are a total of 2,772 articles, of which the most expensive painting of PM Modi done on silk and gifted by couturier and the owner of Seematti textiles Beena Kannan is priced at Rs 2.5 lakhs. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Patel said, “Union Minister Prahlad Patel: Auction of mementoes gifted to PM Modi in last six months began today and will continue till 3rd Oct. Amount collected will be used for Namami Gange project.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Gifts to be Auctioned Online at pmmementos.gov.in From September 14-October 3, Know How to Bid.
Prahlad Patel's Tweet:
The mementoes include 576 shawls, 964 angavastram (clothes), 88 pagris (head-dress) and various jackets portraying the diversity of India. In the January auction, over 1,800 gifts received by the prime minister were sold in a fortnight-long exercise, and around 4,000 bidders participated. The funds received were donated to the Namami Gange project.
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