E-auction of gifts presented to PM Modi underway till Oct 7
According to the Ministry of Culture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to auction all gifts he received for the noble cause of conserving the Ganga through 'Namami Gange'.
The ministry informed that as many as 1,348 mementoes are being e-auctioned in the third round. The mementoes include the equipment gifted to the Prime Minister by winners of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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The mementos are on display at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. As of date, 1,083 items have received bids. Item G1656 (Decorative mace) with an auction start price of Rs 2,500 has received the highest number of bids (52 bids), taking the value of the item to Rs 1,01,000, said the ministry.
-With inputs from ANI
