Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Rajasthan and Gujarat on Thursday and Friday. Mr Modi will lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation various development projects in a public programme in Sikar, Rajasthan on Thursday. He will dedicate 1.25 lakh PM Kisan Samriddhi Kendras to the nation, launch Urea Gold – a new variety of Urea that is coated with Sulphur, launch the onboarding of 1500 Farmer Producer Organisations on Open Network for Digital Commerce and release the 14th instalment amount of about 17 thousand crore rupees under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. The Prime Minister will inaugurate five new medical colleges at Chittorgarh, Dholpur, Sirohi, Sikar and Sri Ganganagar and lay the foundation stone for seven medical colleges at Baran, Bundi, Karauli, Jhunjhunu, Sawai Madhopur, Jaisalmer and Tonk. He will also inaugurate six Eklavya Model Residential Schools located in districts of Udaipur, Banswara, Partapgarh and Dungarpur which will benefit the tribal population residing in these districts. Mr Modi will also inaugurate Kendriya Vidyalaya Tivri, Jodhpur during the programme.
 
The Prime Minister will then reach Rajkot, Gujarat where he will undertake a walkthrough of Rajkot International Airport. Thereafter Mr Modi will inaugurate various development projects at Race Course Ground in Rajkot. The development projects to be inaugurated worth over 860 crore rupees. Sauni Yojana Link 3 Package 8 and 9 will help further strengthen irrigation facilities and provide drinking water benefits for the Saurashtra region. Upgradation of Dwarka RWSS will help provide adequate and potable water to villages by pipeline. Other projects being taken up include Conservation, Restoration & Development of Uparkot Fort Phase I & II; construction of water treatment plant; sewage treatment plant; flyover bridge, among others.
 
On Friday Morning, the Prime Minister will inaugurate SemiconIndia 2023 in Gandhinagar. The theme of the Conference is ‘Catalysing India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem’. It showcases India’s semiconductor strategy and policy which envisions making India a global hub for semiconductor design, manufacturing and technology development. SemiconIndia 2023 will witness the participation of representatives of major companies such as Micron Technology, Applied Materials, Foxconn, SEMI, Cadence, AMD, among others.