Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe delegation includes Chief Ministers of Goa, Gujarat,\nHaryana, and Uttar Pradesh and an official from the State of Assam. The Chief\nMinisters of States will be accompanied by business delegations who will engage\nwith officials and businessmen from the provinces in Russia\u2019s eastern most\nterritory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Commerce and Industry Minister\u2019s visit is a precursor to\nthe visit of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modito Vladivostok in early September\nfor the 5th edition of the Eastern Economic Forumwhere he will be the chief\nguest for the 20th edition of the Forum.It is an international forum held every\nyear in Vladivostok, Russia, to support the economic development of Russia\u2019s\nFar East region and to expand international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific\nregion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This visit by Piyush Goyal will set the stage for further\nstrengthening of bilateral ties betweenthe two countries and also see major\nannouncements on collaborative projects for the economic success of theFar East\nregion of Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India is looking to gain from the investment-friendly Russian\nstance in the natural resource-rich region, which includes significant\nincentives and tax breaks allowing Indian investments and labour for projects.\nIndian entities are already engaged in key sectors like power, coal, oil and\ngas, and this visit by India\u2019s Commerce and Industry Minister, along with the\ndelegation, will increase India\u2019s footprint in the region further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The delegation includes more than 125 representatives from\nbusiness stakeholders, who will interact with Russian counterparts on opportunities\nin the mining and processing of diamond and other rare metals, railways,\nagriculture, fisheries and food processing, oil and gas, forestry and timber,\ncoal and power, ceramics, tourism, ship building, technical education,\nhealthcare, and pharma sectors and Ayurveda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commerce and Industry Minister will also explore new areas\nof cooperation and ensure that India\u2019s participation at the Eastern Economic\nForum is meaningful.Thedelegationaccompanying Piyush Goyalwill identify and\nscope out and work on potential areas of business collaboration in this region\nof Russia. Russia\u2019s Far East offers an important area for use of India\u2019s\nskilled man power to develop the region that is vast and under populated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia ranks first in the world for oil and natural gas production,\nexports of steel, primary aluminum and nitrogen fertilizers. Russia is also the\nlargest in terms of reserves of tin, zinc, titanium, niobium, nickel, iron ore,\ndrinking water, natural gas, wood, diamonds and silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia has the longest railways in the world -the\nTrans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world of 87,157\nkilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is hoped that this visit of Piyush Goyal will mark the\nbeginning of the process where both countries move away from a buyer-seller\nrelationship to one where there is technology transfer,Make in India, job\ncreation and content creation in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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