Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Surat Diamond Bourse in Gujarat on Sunday (17 December). Touted to be the world’s largest and most modern centre for international diamond and jewellery business, the SDB has been shifted from Mumbai to Surat. Prime Minister Modi will also inaugurate the new terminal building of Surat Airport built at ₹353 crore on Sunday.
It will be the world’s largest and modern centre for international diamond and jewellery business. It will be a global centre for trading both rough and polished diamonds as well as jewellery. Later, PM Modi will set off to Varanasi for a two-day visit where he will flag off the city’s second Vande Bharat running between Varanasi and Delhi.
