<span style="color: #222222;">The two-day auction of prestigious memorable mementoes and gifts presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his national and international visits began today at National Gallery of Modern Art, NGMA New Delhi. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The gift items include paintings, sculptures, shawls and Jackets. The money collected through this auction will be utilized for Namami Gange programme. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The programme has been organised by Ministry of Culture. The auction process which began 12 Noon continued till 5 PM in the evening. The items can be viewed on the portal <a href="http://www.pmmementos.gov.in/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">www.pmmementos.gov.in</span></a>. E-Auction will be held from Tuesday till Thursday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Talking exclusively to AIR News, Director General of NGMA, Adwaita Gadnayak said, around 1800 gift items presented to Mr Modi which he received during four and half years, have been displayed for auction. He said, the total price of mementoes and items which have been kept for auction is around 31 lakh rupees.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal who also visited the NGMA said, the move will give a boost to the Namami Gange project. He said, it will also send a message to the people across the country that the money received through the auction will be fully utilised for the project.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Our correspondent said, a good response is being seen among the people in the auction and they have appreciated the move.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Government is implementing the Namami Gange" Programme with an outlay of 20 thousand crore rupees. It integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga river in a comprehensive manner.</span><br />

National Gallery of Modern Art will organise an auction of prestigious memorable gifts presented to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi from all across the country. The amount raised in lieu of auction will be used for the Project Namami Gange. Ministry of Culture in a release said the auction will be conducted on 27th and 28th of this month at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. <br />'' <br />''Around one thousand 900 such exclusive gifts are currently on display for the public in National Gallery of Modern Art, Jaipur House, New Delhi. The gift items include paintings, sculptures, shawls, Jackets and traditional musical instruments. Items can be viewed on the portal <a href="http://www.pmmementos.gov.in/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.pmmementos.gov.in&source=gmail&ust=1548158242951000&usg=AFQjCNH0Jbghz1zoFY7pUosO7yI1H08e7w">www.pmmementos.gov.in</a>.<br />''<br />