Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Modi to Launch Gujarat Projects, Inaugurate Mumbai Fintech Fest
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Maharashtra on September 8.
In Vadodara, he will open or announce many transport and development projects.
Three sections of a special railway for carrying goods will become fully operational.
This railway is meant to help goods travel faster between industrial areas and ports.
New freight services and a passenger train to Tanda Road will also begin.
Roads, bridges, homes, water supplies and a floating solar project are included.
Later, Modi will go to Mumbai for the Global Fintech Fest 2026.
People there will discuss how technologies such as artificial intelligence can make financial services more useful and inclusive.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Vadodara and Mumbai on September 8 for infrastructure launches and the Global Fintech Fest 2026.
Three Western Dedicated Freight Corridor sections covering 326 route kilometres and costing more than Rs 20,700 crore will be dedicated in Vadodara.
New freight services, a Vadodara–Tanda Road passenger train and railway projects worth more than Rs 9,700 crore are also on the agenda.
Highway projects worth around Rs 1,780 crore and Gujarat government projects worth around Rs 2,600 crore will be launched or inaugurated.
Modi will inaugurate Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai, where about 500 investors are expected to discuss AI, tokenisation, quantum technologies and inclusive finance.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister’s Office, Gujarat government officials and Global Fintech Fest participants.
- What
- Modi will launch, inaugurate and dedicate infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 35,000 crore and inaugurate Global Fintech Fest 2026.
- When
- September 8; Global Fintech Fest 2026 runs from September 8 to 11.
- Where
- Vadodara, Gujarat, followed by Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Why
- The projects are intended to improve freight and passenger capacity, connectivity, logistics, urban services, housing, water supply and renewable energy; the fintech event will examine emerging technologies and financial inclusion.
- Total projects
- More than Rs 35,000 crore
- Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
- Three sections covering 326 route kilometres; cost above Rs 20,700 crore
- Railway projects
- Three proposed projects spanning 329 kilometres; cost above Rs 9,700 crore
- National Highway projects
- Three projects costing around Rs 1,780 crore
- Gujarat government projects
- Projects worth around Rs 2,600 crore, including a 110 MW floating solar project
- Fintech Fest dates
- September 8–11, 2026, in Mumbai
- Expected investors
- About 500, compared with more than 350 at the previous edition
- Vadodara registrations
- All available seats filled within an hour; more than 42,000 applicants were wait-listed
