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October 19, 2017
Reached unannounced the Gurez THE ‘PHILANTHROPIST’
Valley along the Line of Control in
Jammu and Kashmir to spend time PRIME MINISTER
with soldiers s the head of the Government, Prime
AMinister Narendra Modi has only one
motto – Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka
Vishwas. But his philanthropic pursuit has
taken him to a different league altogether.
Donations from his personal savings and
proceeds of auctions of gifts have exceeded
Rs 103 Crore so far.
As Chief Minister of Gujarat, the Prime
Minister donated Rs 21 Lakh from his
personal savings for the education of
daughters of the Gujarat Government
November 7, 2018 employees. He also raised Rs 89.96 Crore
Visited Kedarnath, celebrated Diwali by auctioning gifts that he received as Chief
Minister and donated the money to the
with Jawans of Army, and ITBP “Kanya Kelavani Fund” – the scheme for the
personnel at Harsil in Uttarakhand education of girl-child.
The entire prize money of Rs 1.3 Crore of
Seoul Peace Prize in 2018 was donated by
the Prime Minister to the ‘Namami Gange’
project. The Prime Minister also donated
Rs 21 Lakh from his personal savings to the
corpus fund for the welfare of sanitation
workers of Kumbh Mela in 2019 when
he visited Prayagraj. The Prime Minister
initiated auctioning of gifts that he received
till 2015 and the auction held in Surat raised
Rs 8.35 Crore. The entire money was once
again donated to the ‘Namami Gange’
October 27, 2019 project. In another auction of mementos
received by the Prime Minister during his
At the Line of Control in Rajouri tenure as the Prime Minister held in 2019,
district of Jammu and Kashmir Rs 3.4 Crore were collected, which were also
donated to the ‘Namami Gange’ project.
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