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Gifts received by PM Modi to be auctioned online

Gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past six months displayed at National gallery modern of art in New Delhi.

Gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past six months displayed at National gallery modern of art in New Delhi.   | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

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Over 2,700 gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go under the hammer from September 14, Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said.

A total of 2,772 gifts will be auctioned online, he said.

The lowest base price of the mementoes is ₹200 and the highest is ₹2.5 lakh, the minister said.

Over 1,800 gifts received by the Prime Minister were sold in a fortnight-long auction that began in January this year. The funds generated went towards the Namami Gange, a central government project to clean the Ganga.

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