PM Modi launches ₹19,480-crore projects in Guwahati; land pattas for tea-garden families
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth about ₹19,480 crore in Guwahati, Assam, on 13 March 2026 and handed land pattas to tea-garden families.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of development projects worth about ₹19,480 crore in Guwahati, Assam, on 13 March 2026, at the same event where he released the PM-KISAN instalment. The projects ranged from energy to travel connectivity, and the PM said the Lower Kopili Hydropower Project would benefit the entire North East along with Assam. Land pattas were distributed to many families linked to Assam's tea plantations. Modi said about 19 lakh farmers in Assam had received nearly ₹8,000 crore under PM-KISAN so far.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 13 March 2026, Guwahati, Assam
- Projects
- About ₹19,480 crore
- Energy
- Lower Kopili Hydropower Project highlighted
- Tea gardens
- Land pattas to tea-plantation families
- Same event
- PM-KISAN 22nd instalment
Practice MCQs 2 questions
What was the approximate value of the development projects PM Modi launched in Guwahati on 13 March 2026?
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Correct answer: B — ₹19,480 crore
The Guwahati projects were worth about ₹19,480 crore; ₹4,570 crore was the Kokrajhar package the same day.
The Lower Kopili project in Assam, highlighted by PM Modi on 13 March 2026, is a:
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Correct answer: D — Hydropower project
The PM said the Lower Kopili Hydropower Project would benefit the whole North East along with Assam.