Preparations for the eight edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit are over, a senior Gujarat government official said today.
The summit will be formally inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 10. Modi will be in Gujarat from January 9 and will participate in events related to the summit.
"All the preparations regarding the summit are over," state principal secretary of Industries department P K Taneja told reporters.
The summit, a brain child of Prime Minister Modi will be held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. The biennial summit was started with the aim to attract investment in Gujarat by Modi.
On January 9, Modi will inaugurate Nobel Laureates conference, where nine Nobel prize winners from across the world have confirmed their participation.
The prime Minister will also inaugurate BSE international stock exchange at GIFT city Gandhinagar on the ninth.
In the last Vibrant Gujarat summit, 21,000 MoUs for proposed industrial investment in the state of Rs 25 lakh crore were signed with Gujarat government.
Officials indicated that they are expecting the figure of investments and MoUs will be higher this time and will cross Rs 25 lakh crore mark.
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