National Emblem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the National Emblem cast on the roof of the New Parliament Building on July 11, 2022.

About the emblem:

• The metal sculpture has been built in Aurangabad, Jaipur and Delhi by artists Sunil Deore and Lakshman Vyas. 
• The earlier design incorporated a spire atop the building and was replaced with the Ashoka Emblem in 2020.
• The emblem weighs 9500 kilogram and is 6.5 metres in height.
• It has been cast at the top of the Central Foyer of the New Parliament Building. 
• A supporting structure of steel weighing around 6500 kilograms has also been constructed to support the Emblem.
• Eight separate stages of preparation, including clay modeling, computer graphics, bronze casting, and polishing, went into the concept drawing and the process of casting the National Emblem on the roof of the New Parliament Building.

About the New Parliament building:

• The new parliament building project will cost the government ₹ 1,250 crore. 
• The cost shot up by 29 percent over the budgeted expenditure of ₹ 977 crore. 
• The building, which is the highlight of the government's ambitious Central Vista project, is being built by Tata Projects.
• The proposed four-story building Is spread over 13 acres.
• It is located a stone's throw from Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• It is perhaps bigger than any other adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, a statue from 280 BCE during the reign of the Maurya Empire.
• It was initially expected to be finished before the country's 75th Independence Day this year. 
• Later, the deadline was changed to October.