New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Centre is set to save Rs.1,500 crore in rent annually as multiple government departments will move to a new location soon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.

Speaking at an event at Kartavya Path hours after inaugurating Kartavya Bhavan, the first of the 10 upcoming state-of-the-art Common Central Secretariat buildings, PM Modi said that the government will rejuvenate infrastructure across the country.

The Kartavya Bhavan will be the first to break away from the old British-era buildings, from where most government administrative offices function.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the Kartavya Bhavan embodies the resolve to fulfil the nation's dreams, adding that the central government wil...