The details of the amount received by the Government through the auction of mementos and gifts presented to the Hon’ble Prime Minister are as under:

1^stEdition (2021)      :  Rs. 3.1 Cr

2^ndEdition (2022)     :  Rs. 3.6 Cr

3^rdEdition (2023)     :   Rs. 15.8 Cr

4^thEdition (2023)      :   Rs. 14.4 Cr

5^thEdition (2024)      :   Rs. 11.16 Cr

6^thEdition (2024)      :   Rs.  2.24 Cr

7^thEdition (2025)      :    Rs. 1.89 Cr

The dates/period on which e-auctions of mementos and gifts were organized during the last five years are as follows:

2021    : 17^thSeptember to 7^thOctober

2022    : 17^thSeptember to 12^thOctober

2023    : 17^thSeptember to 31^stOctober

2024    : 17^thSeptember to 31^stOctober

2025    : 17^thSeptember to 31^stOctober

Before 2019, no auction of mementos and gifts was organized by the National Gallery of Modern Arts (NGMA).

This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today

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M Annadurai