(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Indo-German Economic Ties

Topic: Indo-German Economic Ties

Guest:

Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva, (Centre for European Studies, SIS, JNU)
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, (Foreign Affairs Editor, Hindustan Times)
Meera Shankar, (Former Ambassador)

Topic Description:

India and Germany signed multiple pacts and joint declarations of intent and exchanged agreements after bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in New Delhi on Friday. The agreements were inked for cooperation in fields such as space, civil aviation, maritime technology, artificial intelligence, digital technology, medicine, defence, cyber security and education. Prime Minister said the expertise of economic power houses like Germany could help in his government’s aim to build a “new India” by 2022. He invited Germany to also take advantage of opportunities in defence production in dedicated corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Germany is India’s largest trading partner in Europe and more than 1,700 German companies operate in the country. Merkel said she was accompanied by a big German business delegation including small and medium enterprises (SMEs), who wanted to engage in business with India.