01/06/2019

GOVERNMENT OF MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2568 ANSWERED ON-09.08.2018 Permission for State Ministers to visit China 2568 Shri Ritabrata Banerjee .

(a) whether it is a fact that Government is not allowing elected Chief Ministers and other Cabinet Ministers of State Governments to go on a visit to China;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c) the details of Chief Ministers and other State Ministers visiting China during the last three years?

ANSWER (a) to (c) There are no restrictions on the travel of Chief Ministers and Ministers of State Governments to the People’s Republic of China. On the contrary, under an institutional arrangement between Ministry of External Affairs and the International Department of the Communist Party of China, visits of Chief Ministers of Indian States to China are proactively facilitated in order to promote contacts at the level of provincial leaders and with senior functionaries of the Communist Party of China.

Among the Chief Ministers and Ministers of our States, who have visited China since 2015, include:

Chief Ministers:

S. No. State Minister Period of Visit 1. Andhra Pradesh Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu April 2015 2. Smt. May 2015 3. Shri May 2015 4. Telangana Shri K. Chandrashekhar Rao September 2015 5. Shri January 2016 6. Shri April 2016 7. Andhra Pradesh Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu June 2016 8. Shri June 2016

Ministers of States:

S. No. State Minister Period of Visit 1. Telangana Shri Jupally Krishna Rao, Minister of Industries September 2015 2. Telangana Shri G. Jagadish Reddy, Minister of Energy September 2015 3. Punjab Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy May 2016 4. Madhya Pradesh Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Minister of Commerce and Industry June 2016 5. Maharashtra Shri Girish Bapat, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs January 2018 6. Maharashtra Shri Pandurang Fundkar, Minister of Agriculture January 2018 7. Bihar Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Minister of Water Resources April 2018 *****

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