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29/05/23 06:44 AM IST

PM dedicates New Parliament House to the nation

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  • The inauguration ceremony of India's new Parliament building has kicked off recently.
Central Vista Project
  • Four storeys tall, sprawled across 64,500 square metres, BANG in the heart of India's capital - Delhi.
  • The new parliament building is just one part of the Modi government's ambitious Central Vista project.
  • The responsibility for designing India's new parliament building was given to Ahmedabad-based firm HCP Design Planning Private Limited after several rounds of bidding. The building itself was constructed by the Tata Group at a cost of Rs. 971 crore, in a little over two years.
  • The new parliament building boasts a seating capacity for 888 MPs in the Lok Sabha, up from the old 552 seats and seating capacity for upto 384 MPs in the Rajya Sabha, up from the old 245 seats.
  • The new Lok Sabha is also approximately THREE TIMES the size of the old Lok Sabha and its design takes inspiration from the peacock, India's national bird.
  • The new Rajya Sabha is designed after a lotus, since the lotus is India's national flower.
  • Apart from increased seating capacity in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the new parliament building also has increased seating capacity for joint sessions of Parliament, with seating for upto 1,272 members and provisions for another 1,140 additional seats.
Source- PIB

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