PM Modi will lay the foundations in Amaravati and provide development projects worth over Rs 580,000 crore for several developments. File | Image source: @narendramodi/yt by pti photos
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be held in Mumbai on Thursday (1 May 2025) with the World Vision and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) and VIZHINJAM International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport in Kerala (2 May 2025).
Prime Minister Modi will visit three states, including Andhra Pradesh, in the next two days, a statement said.
PM Modi will lay the foundations in Amaravati and provide development projects worth over Rs 580,000 crore for several developments. He will also speak to listeners at events in three states.
The PMO said the 2025 waves are India’s first summit. It added that the four-day event promises to bring India as a global hub for media, entertainment and digital innovation by bringing together creators, startups, industry leaders and policy makers.
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Waves 2025 has a slogan “Connect Creators, Connect Country” and will witness participation from over 90 countries, with over 10,000 representatives, over 1,000 creators, over 300 companies and over 350 startups.
The summit will host 42 plenary sessions, 39 breakout sessions and 32 master classes including radio, infotainment, AVGC-XR, film and digital media including radio, infotainment, AVGC-XR and digital media.
It said Kerala’s 8,900 crore seaport is the country’s first dedicated container transshipment port, representing a transformative advancement in India’s maritime industry as part of Viksit Bharat’s unified vision.
The strategically significant Vizhinjam port has been identified as a key priority project that will help strengthen India’s position in global trade, improve logistics efficiency, and reduce reliance on foreign goods transfers.
Its natural depth draft nearly 20 metres and its location near one of the world’s busiest maritime trade routes further strengthened India’s position in global trade, the statement added.
It said that in line with his commitment to ensuring world-class infrastructure and connectivity across the country, Prime Minister Modi will open seven national road projects in Andhra Pradesh.
He will also launch railway projects aimed at improving connectivity and capacity.
In other projects, he will also lay the foundations within missile testing range of Nagayalanka in Andhra Pradesh, worth about Rs 146 billion. It will include a launch center, technical instrumentation facilities, indigenous radar, telemetry and electro-optical systems, thus enhancing the country’s defense preparations.
He will lay the foundation stone of the “PM Ekta Shopping Center” in Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam.
The PMO said its goal is to promote national integration, support the Indian Made initiative, promote “a region’s products”, create jobs, empower rural artisans and enhance the market presence of indigenous products.
publishing – May 1, 2025 at 07:38 AM IST
