India, May 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to embark on a two-day tour across four states, beginning with Sikkim on Thursday, May 29. Modi will also visit Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. During the visit, he is scheduled to launch several key development projects.

The Prime Minister will be in on Thursday to take part in the event called "Sikkim@50: Where Progress meets purpose and nature nurtures growth", marking 50 years of the state's formation. The government has planned many activities celebrating Sikkim's culture, nature, and history under the theme "Sunaulo, Samriddha and Samarth Sikkim."

Modi will also lay foundation stones and open several development projects in Sikkim, including a new 500-bed hospital in...