{"id":18259,"date":"2023-12-17T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T05:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18259"},"modified":"2025-04-05T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T04:17:16","slug":"surat-diamond-bourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/surat-diamond-bourse\/","title":{"rendered":"Surat Diamond Bourse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Surat Diamond Bourse<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is\u00a0located in Khajod village, near\u00a0Surat.<\/li>\n<li>It is the\u00a0world&#8217;s largest corporate office hub.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The building\u00a0overtook the Pentagon, which had, to date, housed the world&#8217;s largest office building for the last 80 years.<\/li>\n<li>It will be the\u00a0world&#8217;s largest\u00a0and modern centre for international diamond and jewellery business.<\/li>\n<li>It will also be a\u00a0global centre for trading both rough and polished diamonds as well as jewellery.<\/li>\n<li>Diamond buyers from\u00a0all corners of the world will get a global platform\u00a0to trade\u00a0at the Surat Diamond Bourse.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>It is built on 35.54 acres of land at a cost of Rs 3,400 crore.<\/li>\n<li>It is the\u00a0world&#8217;s largest interconnected building, as it houses over 4,500 interconnected offices.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The megastructure\u00a0features 15 floors in addition to\u00a0nine ground towers with office space ranging from 300 sq ft to 1 lakh sq ft.<\/li>\n<li>There is a\u00a0central spine connecting the nine rectangular towers.<\/li>\n<li>The bourse\u00a0will comprise\u00a0a state-of-the-art\u00a0&#8216;Customs Clearance House&#8217; for Import-Export, a\u00a0jewellery mall\u00a0for retail jewellery business, and\u00a0a facility for International Banking and Safe Vaults.<\/li>\n<li>It is the\u00a0country&#8217;s largest customs clearance house.<\/li>\n<li>The building has the capacity to house 4,200 traders from 175 countries who will come to Surat to buy polished diamonds.<\/li>\n<li>Despite its mega size, the bourse minimizes its environmental impact by\u00a0adhering to the principles of Panchtattva, aligning with the five elements of nature.<\/li>\n<li>The building showcases a\u00a0cutting-edge rooftop solar energy project, ensuring sustainability in common areas and\u00a0employing a radiant cooling system.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Indian Green Building Council\u00a0(IGBC) has\u00a0awarded the building a platinum rating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the Pentagon?<\/h3>\n<p>The Pentagon is the headquarters of the US Department of Defense. It is located in Arlington, VA, just south of Washington, DC. It is one of the world&#8217;s largest office buildings. It provides workspace to approximately 23,000 civilian and military employees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/pm-narendra-modi-to-inaugurate-surat-diamond-burse-a-look-into-the-corporate-gem\/photostory\/106051586.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PM Modi to inaugurate Surat Diamond Burse; a look into the corporate gem<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surat Diamond Bourse is the world&#8217;s largest corporate office hub. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}