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New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Dr.Mahesh Sharma said that India is poised to receive one percent of Global tourists in three Years. Speaking at the Plenary session of the Pravasi Barati Diwas at Gandhinagar, Dr.Sharma said, presently India receives about 7 million foreign …
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Come, Connect, Celebrate, Contribute to build Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat
Gandhinagar: External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Gandhinagar today, as a precursor to the main Pravasi Bharatiya Divas starting tomorrow. She exhorted young global Indians to come, Connect, Celebrate and Contribute to build Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat. Smt. Sushma …
Read More »Target to achieve 1% share in global tourism within 1 yr in India
Five theme based-circuits i.e., Ganga , Krishna , Buddha , North East and Kerala circuits planned New Delhi: The Minister of State of Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma has said that the Government has set a target to achieve one percent share in …
Read More »Largest Visa on Arrival issued to tourists from South Korea & Japan
New Delhi: As a facilitative measure to attract more foreign tourists to India, the Government launched the “Visa on Arrival” (VoA) Scheme in January 2010 for citizens of five countries, viz. Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore, visiting India for tourism purposes. The Government extended this Scheme to the …
Read More »Indian Diaspora in UK is the largest ethnic minority community
London: Following is the text of the Inaugural speech by External Affairs Minister and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj at the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas in London on October 17, 2014: Honourable Foreign Secretary, Mr. Philip Hammond, Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Mr. Ranjan Mathai, Secretary, Ministry …
Read More »India and Japan Decide to Hold Joint Working Group Meeting on Tourism
New Delhi: Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan Shri Akihiro Ohta here today called on the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism and Culture Shri Shripad Naik. During the meeting both sides discussed the matters related to tourism sector to further strengthen the bilateral relations …
Read More »Chinese President visits Sabarmati Ashram
Ahmedabad: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, and the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, today visited the Sabarmati Ashram of Mahatma Gandhiji in Ahmedabad. President Jinping was dressed in an off-white Khadi jacket, which had been presented to him earlier today by the Prime Minister. The two leaders spent a few …
Read More »Students from London and Scotland call on the President of India
New Delhi: A group of students from King’s College, London and University of Edinburgh, Scotland called on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (September 9, 2014). These students are in Delhi to attend a short term course on ‘Disability and Inclusion: Perceptions and issues in …
Read More »India-Australia to start arts, culture and sports exchange programmes
New Delhi: The Prime Ministers of India and Australia noted that arts, culture and sports can be powerful forces for bringing people together and called for closer and more intensified exchanges. The exchange will be in in the fields of culture and creative arts, including visiting exhibitions and professional training …
Read More »Air India to start Direct flights to Australia
New Delhi: The Prime Ministers of India & Australia highlighted the importance of bilateral parliamentary exchanges and agreed to reinvigorate reciprocal visits by parliamentary delegations. Underlining the importance of greater connectivity to support growing commercial and cultural ties, including in the education and tourism sectors, the Prime Ministers welcomed the …
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