Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses gathering at Dlhi's Pragati Maidan. (Photo: Screengrab from Youtube video/NarendraModi)PM Modi at IECC Inauguration Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the gathering at Delhi’s Pragati Maidan complex on Wednesday, hailed the developments in the country under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, and said that India’s growth will be even faster in BJP’s third term. He also said that the world will see India’s rising stature when newly built International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), named as ‘Bharat Mandapam,’ will host the G20 Summit this year in September. Before his speech, Modi dedicated the new convention centre to the nation, after inaugurating it this evening. During the ceremony, Modi also released a commemorative coin and stamp to mark India’s G20 presidency.
Earlier in the day, the PM, along with members of his Cabinet and some of the construction workers who worked on the project, performed a havan at the venue. Over 15,000 police personnel, along with SWAT teams and more than 200 police vehicles armed with high-tech gadgets and weapons, will be part of the arrangements made for the ceremony.
Know more about IECC: Part of the 123-acre Pragati Maidan complex, the IECC is India’s largest convention and exhibition venue, with the capacity to hold 7,000 people in its multi-purpose and plenary halls combined — larger than the iconic Sydney Opera House which can hold around 5,900 in its various halls. Constructed at a cost of around Rs.2,700 crore, the IECC has a 3,000-capacity amphitheater and parking for 5,500 cars.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering a speech at the inauguration ceremony of International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), named as ‘Bharat Mandapam,’ said that every Indian is brimming with pride after seeing it.
He also said, "We did not restrict G20 Summit to just one location. We organised G20 meetings in 50 cities and showcased different cultures of the country."
The new convention centre will host the G20 Summit this year in September.
Citing data from a Niti aayog report, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the citizens that India can eliminate poverty, as he spoke during the inauguration ceremony of the new convention centre at Delhi's Pragati Maidan on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the gathering at Delhi’s Pragati Maidan complex on Wednesday, said that India is progressing at a rapid pace by adopting the principle — "think big, dream big, and act big."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the gathering at Delhi’s Pragati Maidan complex on Wednesday, hailed the developments in the country under the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) government, and said that India’s growth will be even faster in BJP’s third term.
"I want to assure that during the third tenure of our government, India will be among the top three economies of the world," Modi added.
He also said that the world will see India’s rising stature when newly built International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), named as ‘Bharat Mandapam,’ will host the G20 Summit this year in September.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the developments in New Delhi as he inaugurated the new convention centre at Pragati Maidan complex. "Delhi today has National War Memorial, Police Memorial, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Memorial. We have to change both work culture and work environment."
"The youth is getting information about all the previous Prime Ministers through the PM Museum here. Soon, the world's largest museum 'Yuge Yugeen Bharat' will be built in Delhi," he said.
"India is providing the facility of e-conferencing visas to more than 160 countries," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his speech at the inauguration ceremony of new convention centre at Delhi's Pragati Maidan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recited a poem as he spoke during the inauguration of the redeveloped IECC Complex in Delhi's Pragati Maidan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering at Delhi's Pragati Maidan during the inauguration ceremony of the new International-Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), asserted that the world today is accepting that India is the mother of all democracies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the gathering at Delhi's Pragati Maidan, expressed his heartfelt gratitude towards the workers who had contributed to the contruction of the new International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday dedicated the new International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), named as “Bharat Mandapam” to the nation, after inaugurating it at the redeveloped Pragati Maidan complex in Delhi.
During the ceremony, Modi also released a commemorative coin and stamp to mark India’s G20 presidency. The complex will host the G20 leaders’ summit in September.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the new convention centre, 'Bharat Mandapam' to the nation.
Along with Prime MInister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Rajnath Singh, Dr Jitendra Singh, actor Aamir Khan and several other dignitaries attended the inauguration ceremony of the new ITPO complex 'Bharat Mandapam' in Delhi.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal delivered the inaugural address at the inauguration ceremony of the new ITPO complex in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday inaugurated the new International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) at the redeveloped Pragati Maidan complex.
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