Redeveloped ITPO complex for G-20 leaders meet to be inaugurated on July 26

The redeveloped complex of ITPO’s Pragati Maidan, which will host India’s G-20 leaders meetings in September, will be inaugurated on July 26, likely by PM Modi

The redeveloped complex of India Trade Promotion Organisation's (ITPO) Pragati Maidan, which will host India's G-20 leaders meetings in September, will be inaugurated on July 26, the Commerce Ministry said on July 23.

The complex is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

As part of the Pragati Maidan redevelopment project, the IECC (Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre) is being built as a modern complex.

In January 2017, the government approved the proposal of ITPO for the redevelopment of Pragati Maidan by setting up of a world-class IECC in the national capital. The total cost of the project is ₹2,254 crore. The growing MICE sector needs this kind of investment in the country.

The redevelopment of Pragati Maidan was envisaged in two phases. With a campus area of about 123 acres, the complex will be one of the largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) destinations, the Ministry said.

"The redeveloped ITPO complex, which will host India's G20 leaders meetings will be inaugurated on 26th July," it said.

ITPO is a body under the Commerce Ministry. It runs the exhibition centre at Pragati Maidan and is developing IECC.