Online auction begins today for over 2,700 gifts received by PM Modi

The exhibition cum E-auction of prestigious and memorable gifts presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be held from today. The fund generated through auction will be used for conservation and rejuvenation of the Ganga. The auction will continue online till 3rd of October on the portal www.pmmementos.gov.in.

This is the 2nd round of E-auction of gifts presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A total of over two thousand gifts will be auctioned online. The gift items including Paintings, Memento, Sculptures and Traditional musical



instruments. The Mementos also include 576 Shawls, 964 Anga Vastram, 88 Pagris and various jackets portraying the diversified and colourful Culture of the country.

The lowest base price of the mementos is 200 rupees and the highest is 2.5 Lakhs rupees. Over one thousand 800 gifts received by the prime minister were sold in the 1st round of auction held in January this year. The funds generated through it went towards the Namami Gange, a central government project to clean the Ganga.