Uttar Pradesh : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on June 18 and 19, Tuesday and Wednesday. According to a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office, he will participate in the PM Kisan Samman Sammelan in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, at around 5 pm. During the event, he will grant certificates to more than 30,000 women from self-help groups (SHGs) known as Krishi Sakhis.
After being sworn in as Prime Minister for the third time, PM Modi signed his first file authorizing the release of the 17th installment of PM Kisan Nidhi, reflecting the government’s commitment to farmer welfare. In continuation of this commitment, he will release the 17th installment, amounting to more than Rs 20,000 crore, to around 9.26 crore beneficiary farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) through Direct Benefit Transfer.
So far, more than 11 crore eligible farmer families have received benefits of over Rs. 3.04 lakh crore under PM-KISAN. The Krishi Sakhi Convergence Program (KSCP) aims to transform rural India by empowering rural women as Krishi Sakhis, through training and certification as Para-extension Workers. This certification course aligns with the objectives of the “Lakhpati Didi” Program.
At around 7 pm, PM Modi will witness the Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat. Later, at around 8 pm, he will perform puja and darshan at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
In Bihar, the Prime Minister will visit the Ruins of Nalanda at around 9:45 am. The ruins were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. At around 10:30 am, he will inaugurate the new campus of Nalanda University in Rajgir and address the gathering on this occasion. The university is a collaboration between India and East Asia Summit (EAS) countries, and the inauguration ceremony will be attended by several eminent people, including the heads of missions from 17 countries.
The campus features two academic blocks with 40 classrooms, accommodating around 1,900 students, and two auditoriums with a capacity of 300 seats each. It includes a student hostel for about 550 students, an international center, an amphitheater for up to 2,000 individuals, a faculty club, and a sports complex, among other facilities.
The campus is a ‘Net Zero’ Green Campus, self-sustaining with solar plants, domestic and drinking water treatment plants, a water recycling plant, 100 acres of water bodies, and many other environmentally friendly facilities. The original Nalanda University, established around 1,600 years ago, is considered one of the first residential universities in the world.
