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Detailed explanation-1: -Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya on 14th April, 2022 at around 11 AM. The Sangrahalaya, being inaugurated during the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, tells the story of India after Independence through the lives and contributions of its Prime Ministers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya in New Delhi on April 14 and said that the museum will become a source of inspiration for the youth who will be able to witness the hardships each PM faced and how they overcame them to lay the foundations of new India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Rs 270-crore project was approved in 2018, and NMML was appointed the nodal agency for the project in May 2019. The displays comprise photographs, speeches, video clips, newspaper interviews, and some original writings.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Nehru Memorial Museum, a legacy of the Nehru-Gandhi family, has been expanded as ‘Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya’ to showcase the life and times of not only the first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru, but all his successors. Built at Teen Murti Estate, PM Museum is brainchild of the current incumbent, PM Narendra Modi.

Detailed explanation-5: -Government releases Rs 22 crore per year for the upkeep of Rashtrapati Bhavan and other expenditures. He gets Rs 50,000 as basic pay, Rs 3,000 as expenditure-related allowance, Rs 2 thousand per day that amounts to Rs 60,000 per month as other allowances and Rs 45,000 per month as parliamentary constituency allowance.