New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Gujarat on Friday, during which he will inaugurate and dedicate development projects worth Rs 14,000 crore, release the 24th instalment of PM-KISAN payouts amounting to Rs 18,690 crore to over 9.34 crore farmers and flag off two train services.
The prime minister will also visit Ekta Nagar to inaugurate the cultural and tourism festival Bharat Parv 2026 and participate in Narmada aarti, where the tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stands.
On Friday, Modi will visit the Embryo Transfer Technology-In Vitro Fertilisation Laboratory and the Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre in Banaskantha before addressing a gathering.
"What does the next big leap in India's animal husbandry and dairy sector look like? To know that, come to Banaskantha, Gujarat! A 127-acre, Bovine Breeding and Research Centre is being launched tomorrow, 30th October. It is a great example of how science and innovation are furthering the welfare of our farmers," Modi said in a post on X.
Modi will release the PM-KISAN instalment directly into farmers' bank accounts. Launched in February 2019, the scheme provides eligible landholding farmer families Rs 6,000 annually in three instalments through Direct Benefit Transfer. It has disbursed Rs 4.47 lakh crore in 23 instalments so far.
He will also dedicate 521 projects under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), with a total project cost of around Rs 4,950 crore, and inaugurate 12 horticulture clusters. The AIF supports infrastructure such as warehouses, cold storage facilities, silos, polyhouses, greenhouses and processing centres. According to the agriculture ministry, investments of around Rs 1.75 lakh crore have been made under the fund across more than 2.28 lakh projects.
On October 31, Modi will offer floral tributes at the Statue of Unity, lay foundation stones and inaugurate development projects worth over Rs 400 crore in Ekta Nagar. He will visit the Rain Forest and Vaman Vriksha Vatika and participate in Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations commemorating the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
The prime minister will lay the foundation stone for Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2A and Phase 2B. Phase 2A will cover over 6 kilometres and five stations from Koteshwar Road to the airport, while Phase 2B will cover over 3.3 kilometres and three stations from GIFT City to Shahpur.
He will also lay the foundation stone for upgrading and strengthening the Ahmedabad-Mehsana Road (State Highway-41) from four to eight lanes at a cost of around Rs 2,600 crore.
Modi will lay the foundation stone for 4,030 new child-friendly Anganwadi centres and inaugurate 361 completed centres in Gujarat. The Rs 800-crore initiative is expected to benefit more than 4 lakh people.
Bharat Parv 2026, conceived as a celebration of India's cultural heritage and national unity under the spirit of "Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat", will showcase the traditions, folk performances, regional cuisines, handicrafts and tourist attractions of states and Union territories. The festival will continue until November 15 and is expected to boost tourism in Ekta Nagar and surrounding destinations.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will join the PM-KISAN programme from Raisen in Madhya Pradesh.