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PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Commerce Department complex

The building, with an area of 19233.745 square meters, will accommodate about 1000 officers and staff.

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Commerce Department complex

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AFP/File)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday lay the foundation stone of Vanijya Bhawan, a new office complex for the Commerce Department that will cost around Rs 226 crore.

Located near India Gate, it is being built on a plot of 4.33 acres, belonging to erstwhile Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D), at the junction of Akbar and Man Singh Roads.

The building with an area of 19233.745 square metres will accommodate about 1,000 officers and staff. Retaining the Central Vista architecture, the Vanijya Bhawan will have all modern technology driven features.

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The bhawan will be a completely paperless office with state of the art facilities such as smart access control, central air-conditioning, video conferencing, and completely networked systems. The building is also significantly a green building with all required certifications.

The layout of the building has been planned so as to minimise felling of trees. More than 56 per cent of the 214 trees on the plot are either being left untouched or are being replanted on the same plot. As per reports, 230 saplings are also being planted on the same plot, thereby ensuring that tree cover on the site would increase after construction of the new building.

The Department of Commerce is currently housed in Udyog Bhawan which also houses a large number of other government of India departments. A few of its attached and subordinate offices like the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) and Government e-Marketplace (GeM) are operating from rented premises.

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