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SPECIAL E-AUCTION OF
आवरण
REPORT
कथा
PM's GIFTS

E-AUCTION OF GIFTS

TO PM RECEIVES

SPECTACULAR RESPONSE

Neeraj Chopra's spear sold for Rs 1.5 crore in PM's gift

auction, maximum bids for Patel's statue

At the time of the Covid pandemic, when Prime Minister iver Ganges is a symbol of
Narendra Modi appealed to the people to donate to the pride and faith not only for
PM Cares Fund, many Indians came forward to contribute RHindu culture but for the
according to their ability. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also whole of India. But for a long time,
donated an amount of Rs 2.25 lakh as the "initial corpus" to the conservation of the Ganga
the PM-CARES just after it was set up. But this was not the initiative remained confined only
first time that PM Narendra Modi donated money for public to the files. Soon after assuming
welfare. He has donated more than Rs 100 crore from the power in 2014 Prime Minister
auction of gifts received from time to time, including the Narendra Modi, undertook a
amount saved from the salary received while serving as the mission to start the Namami Gange
Chief Minister of Gujarat and then Prime Minister, for the project aimed at rejuvenating
welfare of the society. This also includes an amount of the river. He himself has been
Rs 3.4 crore received from the Seoul Peace Prize to the monitoring it from time to time.
Namami Gange Maha Abhiyan started for the uninterrupted This time by auctioning 1348 gifts
flow of the life-giving Ganga. Now once again as the Prime received as Prime Minister, he has
Minister, he has auctioned the gifts and souvenirs, to donate donated its proceeds to Namami
its proceeds to the Namami Gange Mission... Gange Mission.

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