Gandhinagar, Oct. 11 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel initiated the payment of an additional grant of Rs 576 crore for Octroi compensation to the state's Gram Panchayats from Rajkot.

The remarkable journey of good governance and development initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who first assumed office as Chief Minister of Gujarat on October 7, 2001, is commemorated every year in Gujarat as Vikas Saptah, observed from October 7 to 15.

On the fifth day of this year's Vikas Saptah, a state-level 'Viksit Gaam, Viksit Gujarat' program was organised in Rajkot in the inspiring presence of the Chief Minister and dignitaries.

In this program, apart from the symbolic start of the payment of the additional grant amount for Octroi c...