Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Banaskantha and on Friday dedicated the 127‑acre Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre (BBBRC), a Rs 325 crore facility using IVF and embryo‑transfer methods to boost indigenous cattle breeds.
- On the same day the government released the 24th PM‑KISAN instalment totalling about Rs 19,000 crore to farmers and flagged off two new train services to improve rail links.
- Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for a package of projects in Banaskantha worth over Rs 14,000 crore, including Bio‑CNG plants and social programmes such as 4,030 new child‑friendly Anganwadi centres.
- He also placed foundation stones for major transport projects, including Ahmedabad Metro Phase‑2A (airport extension), Phase‑2B (GIFT City extension) and the Ahmedabad–Mehsana highway widening that aim to speed regional travel.
- The two‑day visit moves next to Ekta Nagar for Bharat Parv and Rashtriya Ekta Diwas events on Saturday, a set of tourism and civic projects worth about Rs 400 crore, and signals a combined push on farmer support, livestock modernisation and local economic development.