Citing former PM Jawaharlal Nehru's bust being displayed at Britain's renovated national portrait gallery, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the 'high-profile' state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States.
The to-be-set-up factory is expected to generate revenue of more than USD 500 million at full capacity by 2031, besides generating more than 1500 direct and indirect employment opportunities. The facility is expected to be commissioned by 2026.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri along with senior officials attended the meeting.
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he returned from his maiden state visits to the United States and Egypt, Union minister Meenakashi Lekhi on Monday said that the respect and honour the PM received on foreign soil is for the whole nation.
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi being conferred with the highest State Honour of Egypt, Former Indian Diplomat KP Fabian said that as PM Modi has gone there and given the honour, it means that both the nations are looking forward to strengthening the bilateral ties with each other.
The PM Modi was received at the Palam airport by BJP national President JP Nadda, Union Minister of State Meenakashi Lekhi and various party MPs including Hans Raj Hans and Gautam Gambhir among others.
BJP national president JP Nadda, party MPs and its Delhi chief Virendra Sachdeva would receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his return to the national capital after concluding his hugely successful and substantive maiden State visits to the US and Egypt.
Earlier, on Sunday, PM Modi held a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during which they signed an agreement to elevate the bilateral relationship to a "Strategic Partnership".
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed the US shores after his maiden State visit to the country, Rachna Dhingra, an activist working for the survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, on Sunday called on the central government to explore legal steps to make Union Carbide and Dow Chemica
The US-India joint statement released during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden State visit to the country, left open the option of asking the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to further tighten its anti-money-laundering and terrorism financing standards, Dawn reported.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday conferred Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Egypt's highest state honour, the 'Order of the Nile' award, in Cairo.