Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi. For the first time, the three-day-long convention is being organised from January 21 to 23 instead of January 9 to allow participants to visit the Kumbh mela in Prayagraj and attend the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
The theme of this year's convention is 'role of Indian diaspora in building new India', a statement from the prime minister's office said. The Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth will be the chief guest of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention, while Himanshu Gulati, member of Parliament of Norway, will be the special guest.
The theme of this year's convention is 'role of Indian diaspora in building new India', a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said.
Here are the LIVE Updates of the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention:
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth today, on the sidelines of #PravasiBharatiyaDivas. pic.twitter.com/ZZ5W6I6anA
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 22, 2019
PM Modi at Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas, Varanasi: Our Embassies&Consulates across the world are being connected with Passport Sewa Project. It will prepare a centralized system for passport related services for all. Now taking a step forward,work is on to issue chip-based e-passports pic.twitter.com/dZlNbfA3T9
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 22, 2019
I'll give you another figure. In the last four and a half years, our government has identified nearly 7 crore fake people and removed them from the system. These 7 million were availing government benefits: PM
Today, India is in a position to lead the world in many cases. International Solar Alliance is one such platform. Through it we would like to take the world to one Grid, one Sun: PM
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Governor present at the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. The summit will be inaugurated by the prime minister, shortly. pic.twitter.com/Mn4tkV6uSw
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 22, 2019
Varanasi is abuzz!
- PBD Convention (@PBDConvention) January 22, 2019
The stadium is filling up quickly before the inauguration of #PBD2019 gets underway! pic.twitter.com/sxZ80utAui
Looking forward to being in beloved Kashi today for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. This is an excellent forum to engage with the Indian diaspora, which is distinguishing itself all over the world. #PBD2019 @PBDConvention
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 22, 2019