Highlights
- PM Narendra Modi launches Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) at Statue of Unity in Kevadia
- The event was attended by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday
- Mission LiFE aims at following 3-pronged strategy for changing people's collective approach
PM Modi Gujarat visit Day 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) at the Statue of Unity at Ekta Nagar in Kevadia today (October 20).
The event was also attended by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Gujarat on Thursday.
Mission LiFE aims at following a three-pronged strategy for changing people's collective approach towards sustainability.
This includes nudging individuals to practice simple yet effective environment-friendly actions in their daily lives (demand), enabling industries and markets to respond swiftly to the changing demand (supply), and to influence government and industrial policy to support both sustainable consumption and production (policy), according to an official release.
Missions Conference:
The prime minister will also participate in the 10th Heads of Missions Conference, which is being organised from October 20 to 22 in Kevadia by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
The conference will bring together 118 heads of Indian Missions (ambassadors and high commissioners) from all over the world.
Through its 23 sessions spread over three days, the conference will provide an opportunity to have detailed internal discussions on issues such as contemporary geo-political and geo-economic environment, connectivity and India’s foreign policy priorities, the release said.
Later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a bilateral meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at Kevadia in Gujarat.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of multiple development initiatives worth more than Rs 1,970 crore at Vyara in Tapi district.
He will lay the foundation stone for the improvement of the road from Saputara to the Statue of Unity along with the construction of missing links.
Other projects whose foundation stone will be laid include water supply projects worth more than Rs 300 crore in Tapi and Narmada districts, the release said.
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