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PRESIDENT TO INAUGURATE A RENOVATED SHOPPING COMPLEX IN RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN TOMORROW

Rashtrapati Bhavan : 03.06.2013

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate a renovated Shopping Complex in the Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow (June 4, 2013).

The complex responds to a long standing desire of employees of the Rashtrapati Bhavan and their families living in the President’s Estate to have a full-fledged Shopping Complex catering to all their requirements. The President had desired that this genuine need of the residents be fulfilled.

Eight shops in the President’s Estate Market have been in existence since the pre-Independence era, out of which six shops were available for fresh allotment. The complex will include six new shops including a Safal Outlet, Kendriya Bhandar and a Shakti Haat.

The Shakti Haat is an outlet where Self Help Groups (SHGs) of Rashtrapati Bhavan will market their products like homemade masalas, organic compost and handmade envelopes. The members of SHGs are wives of employees of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

This release issued at 1730 hrs