Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects across infrastructure, urban services, industry, education, healthcare and sustainability with a total outlay of Rs 2,700 crore.
- Modi announced Puducherry’s inclusion in the Centre’s special assistance scheme for capital investment, a program typically reserved for states, to accelerate public infrastructure upgrades.
- Chief Minister N Rangasamy thanked the Centre for greater funding and schemes while urging that Puducherry secure full statehood to strengthen the elected government’s powers.
- Education-focused works included a new APJ Abdul Kalam engineering block at NIT Karaikal, upgraded hostel facilities, and infrastructure improvements at Pondicherry University.
- During the event, Modi accused past Congress and DMK governments of stalling growth and contrasted that period with what he described as faster development under the NDA.