Prime Minister Narendra Modi is today inaugurating the 7th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit, a flagship programme of Gujarat government, at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. The event is seeing participation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry.

This year’s three-day event is seeing presece of several ministers from Europe, Japan, Australia and Canada and over 50 CEOs of top Indian as well as international companies will participate in the summit that will conclude on January 13.

Eight countries, including the US, Canada and Japan have for the first time become partner nations for the summit.

The business event is expected to bring in record investments to Gujarat and the state government expects to sign over 20,000 Expression of Interest (EoI) or MoUs during the summit.

Ban Ki-Moon will inaugurate Gujarat’s first 10 MW solar power plant on Narmada river canal.

The summit has various country-wise seminars for promotion of business ties with different nations, as well as sector-wise seminars. Itl also facilitates business to business meetings.

The biennial event had been launched by Narendra Modi in 2003 during his tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister, to attract investments into the state.

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