- Modi will lay the foundation stone of WHO’s Global Center for Traditional Medicines in Jamnagar at 2.30 pm on Tuesday.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the ‘Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit’ on 20th April in Gandhinagar
NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, APRIL 15
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a three-day whirlwind visit to Gujarat From April 18, Monday. This will be his second visit to the state after BJP’s 4 states election victory in March, including the high stakes Uttar Pradesh.
Visited Asia's largest cooperative Banaskantha dairy, "Diyodar Plant" today, along with its chairman Shri @ChaudhryShankar ji.
Learned about the process, production and other interesting factors about the dairy products. pic.twitter.com/97yWa4b5Jn
— Harsh Sanghavi (Modi ka Parivar) (@sanghaviharsh) April 14, 2022
On the first day of his visit, PM Modi will visit the Command and Control Center (CCC) for Schools in Gandhinagar.
Tuesday morning, the Prime Minister will visit various dairy projects at Banas Dairy Campus in Deodar. He will lay the foundation stone of WHO’s Global Center for Traditional Medicines in Jamnagar at 2.30 pm and hold discussions with the WHO Director General.
Ahead of Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji's visit in Gujarat, took a round of program ground in the presence of Banas Dairy Chairman Shri @ChaudhryShankar ji, BJP members and other officials. pic.twitter.com/f725sLFQ3k
— Harsh Sanghavi (Modi ka Parivar) (@sanghaviharsh) April 14, 2022
This centre will emerge as an international hub of global wellness taking traditional medicine systems of the world to new heights. It will also provide assistance to WHO member countries so that positive health can be spread over the world.
Wednesday, PM Modi will will inaugurate the three-day Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit (GAIIS) at Mahatma Mandir Gandhinagar at 12.30 pm and interact with the Prime Minister of Mauritius.
The most pertinent event of Ministry of Ayush for 2022, this Summit will witness the participation of industry leaders, academicians, and scholars to deliberate upon ways to promote traditional medicines, and systems. As part of the Summit, 5 Plenary sessions, 8 roundtables, 6 workshops, 2 symposiums, 90 eminent speakers and 100 exhibitors will be present. Speakers and diplomats will be present from across embassies, industries and top corporates. There will also be multiple initiatives to stimulate Ayush exports in international markets.
One of the aims of the Summit is to attract lucrative investments to build India as the Global Ayush Destination in the world. In recent years, India has seen enormous investments due to the absence of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) restrictions. The Ayush Ministry wants to keep building on this and utilize the platform to initiate target-oriented initiatives to enable the recognition and growth of traditional systems of medicine.
Expressing his views on the event announcements, Union Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, said, “We are proud to announce the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022 that will bring together the country’s leading start-ups, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and other national and international stakeholders for a specially curated event on innovation and entrepreneurship to help India become a Global Ayush Destination. The present market size of the Ayush sector has grown by 17% p.a. from 2014-2020 and we hope to build the success of the sector even further through these flagship events and initiatives.”
He will lay foundation stone, inaugurate various development projects at Dahod and Panchmal. The Prime Minister will return to Delhi on Wednesday evening.
Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are due to be held later this year. Gujarat has been under BJP’s rule for the last 27 years, however, in last assembly polls, Congress put up a tough fight.
To avoid the anti-government atmosphere, BJP replaced Chief Minister, cabinet ministers last year
Ahead of the elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), AIMIM and Congress are also focussing on the BJP’s bastion and preparing to give a tough competition to the saffron party.
