PM Narendra Modi gifted Messi Jersey – President of Argentina’s YPF Presents at India Energy Week Inaugural

09 February 2023: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was presented a gift during the inaugural day of India Energy Week (IEW) 2023 in Bengaluru. Pablo Gonzalez, the President of YPF, which is Argentina’s state-owned energy company, gifted a Lionel Messi jersey to him on February 6, 2023.

The PM inaugurated the event and launched uniforms under the ‘Unbottled’ initiative of Indian Oil. These uniforms are made of recycled PET bottles. He also dedicated the twin-cooktop model of the IndianOil’s Indoor Solar Cooking System and flagged off its commercial roll-out.

Later in the day, the Prime Minister also launched E20 fuel at 84 retail outlets of Oil Marketing Companies in 11 States/UTs along the lines of the ethanol blending roadmap. He also flagged off the Green Mobility Rally where vehicles running on green energy sources will participate and help create public awareness for green fuels.

Highlighting that Bengaluru is a city brimming with technology, talent and innovation, the Prime Minister remarked that everyone present here will be experiencing that energy today. He informed that India Energy Week is the first significant energy event of the G20 calendar and welcomed everyone on the occasion.

The Prime Minister underlined the major role of the energy sector in setting the direction of the future of the 21st-century world. “India is one of the strongest voices in the world for energy transition and for developing new resources of energy. Unprecedented possibilities are emerging in India that is moving with a resolution of a Viksit Bharat”, he said.