Pravasi Bharatiya Divas LIVE: Modi calls for 'One World, One Sun, One Grid'
While inaugurating the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed NRIs and called them 'brand ambassadors of India'
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PM Modi, Sushma Swaraj, Manohar Lal Khattar, Ram Naik, Adityanath and others during the inauguration of 15th edition of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) Convention 2019, in Varanasi. Photo: PTI
The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) began on Tuesday. For the first time, the three-day-long convention is being organised from January 21 to 23 instead of January 9 to allow participants to visit the Kumbh mela in Allahabad and attend the Republic Day parade. The theme of this year's convention is 'role of Indian diaspora in building new India'.
Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth was the chief guest of the convention, while Himanshu Gulati, member of the Parliament of Norway, was the special guest. Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, member of Parliament of New Zealand was the guest of honour.
The decision to celebrate Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas was taken by then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the first event was celebrated on January 9, 2003.
While inaugurating the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed NRIs and called them 'brand ambassadors of India.'
Catch LIVE updates on Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Varanasi.
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All people of Indian-origin aged 45 to 65 can apply and a group will be selected out of them with first preference given to people from 'Girmitiya countries' such as Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica.
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They will be taken to religious places of all major religions in India and the government will bear all the expenses, including the airfare from their country of residence.
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The first batch of 40 Indian-origin people are at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and from there they will begin their tour.
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PM launches Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana
PM Modi on Tuesday launched the Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana under which a group of Indian diaspora will be taken on a government-sponsored tour of religious places in India twice a year.
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The leaders also discussed ways to expand further cooperation in areas of 'blue economy' and collaboration in Africa, the statement said.
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The two leaders also discussed ongoing bilateral development cooperation projects and new proposals for critical partnership projects in health, disaster management and energy sectors were agreed upon.
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The discussions between Modi and Jugnauth focussed on initiatives to further strengthen the bilateral ties, including finalisation of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, it said.
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The two prime ministers reviewed the entire gamut of the long-standing and time-tested strategic relationship between both countries, based on deep emotional bonds of kinship and culture, according to a Ministry of External Affairs statement.
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India, Mauritius discuss finalisation of comprehensive economic partnership agreement
PM Modi on Tuesday held talks with his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth here on ways to boost bilateral trade and investment, including finalisation of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, and expand cooperation in 'blue economy' sectors.
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India is the largest trading partner of Mauritius and has been the largest exporter of goods and services to the Indian Ocean island nation since 2007. India's exports to Mauritius comprise largely of petroleum products.
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Modi holds talks with Mauritian PM
PM Narendra Modi held talks with his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday and vowed to deepen ties in sectors such as trade and investment and boost bilateral development partnership. The two leaders met here on the sidelines of the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
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First Published: Jan 22 2019 | 12:12 PM IST
