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Live: PM Modi to inaugurate 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday inaugurate the eighth edition of four-day-long Vibrant Gujarat summit beginning on Tuesday.

Live: PM Modi to inaugurate 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit today
Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday inaugurate the eighth edition of four-day-long Vibrant Gujarat summit beginning on Tuesday.

This year's biennial flagship event will host prime ministers, presidents, deputy Prime Ministers and ministers of several countries apart from CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. 

Indian business personalities like Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Gautam Adani, Vishal Sikka and Pankaj Patel will also attend the Global CEOs' Conclave. 

Modi held delegation-level talks with several heads of state and ministers who have converged here for the Summit at Mahatma Mandir.

Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Rwanda Paul Kagame, Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa, Russia's deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and France's foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will participate in the Summit along with other dignitaries.

The summit aims to provide a platform to debate global economic and social issues on the lines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Large delegations from 12 partner countries of Vibrant Gujarat including the US, the UK, France, Australia & Canada are also attending the summit.

The investment commitment is expected to reach at 30 lakh crore rupees, the highest among all summits held so far. 

(With agency inputs)

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