Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Gujarat on October 30 and 31, during which he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of major development projects worth over Rs 14,000 crore in Banaskantha and over Rs 400 crore in Ekta Nagar, according to a press release by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). During the visit, the Prime Minister will visit the Embryo Transfer Technology-In Vitro Fertilisation (ET-IVF) Laboratory and the Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre (BBBRC) cattle farm in Banaskantha, first thing in the morning. After that, he will lay the foundation stone, inaugurate and dedicate to the nation various development projects worth over Rs 14,000 crore in Banaskantha.

The Prime Minister will travel to Ekta Nagar, Kevadia
He will also release the 24th instalment under PM-KISAN, amounting to Rs 19,000 crore, flag off two train services and address the gathering on the occasion. Thereafter, the Prime Minister will travel to Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, where he will inaugurate Bharat Parv 2026, following which he will witness Ekta Prakash Parv, followed by the Narmada Aarti.

The BBBRC will strengthen bovine breeding
According to the schedule provided by the PMO for October 30, the Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre (BBBRC) at Bhildi in Banaskantha, Gujarat. Spread over 127 acres, it has been established as a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence. The BBBRC will strengthen bovine breeding, genetic upgradation and advanced reproductive technologies, accelerating breed improvement by 10–20 times. It will be the country’s first facility of its kind dedicated to the Kankrej cattle breed.

The Prime Minister will then lay the foundation stones for two Bio-CNG plants of Banas Dairy at Tharad and Radhanpur, with cattle dung processing capacities of 75 metric tonnes per day and 100 metric tonnes per day, respectively. The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2A (Airport Extension) and Phase-2B (GIFT City Extension). Phase-2A will have a length of over 6 km, covering five stations from Koteshwar Road to the Airport, while Phase-2B will have a length of over 3.3 km, covering three stations from GIFT City to Shahpur.

Prime Minister will flag off the Ahmedabad (Sabarmati)-Varanasi Express
The Prime Minister is then slated to lay the foundation stone for the upgradation and strengthening of the Ahmedabad-Mehsana Road (State Highway-41) from four lanes to eight lanes, at a cost of around Rs 2,600 crore. The project will make travel between Ahmedabad and North Gujarat faster, safer and more comfortable. Thereafter, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for 4,030 new child-friendly Anganwadi Centres and inaugurate 361 completed child-friendly Anganwadi Centres in Gujarat. With an investment of Rs 800 crore, the initiative will benefit more than 4 lakh people.

Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation 521 projects completed under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, involving a total project cost of around Rs 4,950 crore. These projects include cold storage facilities and cold chains, warehouses, silos, polyhouses and greenhouses, integrated primary and secondary processing facilities, and primary processing centres. Prime Minister will inaugurate the expansion of the potato processing plant at Sanadar and commission the Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) for ultra-high-temperature (UHT) products at Palanpur. Prime Minister will flag off the Ahmedabad (Sabarmati)-Varanasi Express and the Mehsana-Becharaji-Sabarmati MEMU train services, strengthening rail connectivity.