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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2018 12 10 11 UKRAINE ............................................................. 12 AFGHANISTAN .................................................... 06 Opportunities galore PMs meet BANGLADESH .................................................... 10 MOROCCO .......................................................... 08 Strengthening bilateral ties Indian tourists welcome MEXICO ............................................................... 11 RICH LIST ............................................................ 18 Order of the Aztec Eagle Indian rupee billionaires spawn ADVERTISE IN INDIA EMPIRE MAGAZINE AND CONNECT TO THE BUSINESS. DIPLOMATIC, DIASPORA, POLITICAL COMMUNITY S E U S S I Y L H T N O M T S E T A L CONNECT: +91.9811627971 / +91.11.29231515 / 29233647 EMAIL: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] UNION MINISTERS INTERVIEWED BY (May 2014 onwards) Mr Nitin Gadkari Mr Dharmendra Pradhan Mr Ananth Kumar Mr Anant Gangaram Geete Minister for Road Transport and When Minister of State (IC), Minister for Minister for Heavy Industries Highways, Water Resources, Ministry of Petroleum Chemicals and Fertilizers and Public Sector Enterprises River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and Shipping and Natural Gas Mr Chaudhary Birender Ms Smriti Irani Mr Radha Mohan Singh Mr Narendra Singh Tomar Singh When Minister for Human Minister for Agriculture and When Minister for Minister for Steel Resource Development Farmers Welfare Steel and Mines Mr Ram Vilas Paswan Ms Uma Bharti Mr Thawar Chand Gehlot Mrs Sushma Swaraj Minister for Consumer Affairs, When Minister for Water Minister for Social Minister for External Affairs Food and Public Distribution Resources, River Development Justice and Empowerment and Minister for Overseas and Ganga Rejuvenation Indian Affairs s a D a r P i s : y b Mr Shripad Y Naik Mr VIjay Goel Mr Babul Supriyo Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy s e Minister of State (IC), When Minister of State (IC) for Minister of State for Heavy (Ex) Union Minister of State for r u AYUSH Youth Affairs and Sports Industries and Public Skill Development and t c Enterprises Entrepreneurship (IC) i P PM MODI INTERACTS WITH SOUTH ASIAN LEADERS IndIa, afghanIstan LEadERs mEEt Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi meeting Afghanistan President Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani at Hyderabad House, New Delhi in September ndia reiterated its commitment and support to faceted India-Afghanistan strategic partnership and Kabul’s efforts towards an Afghan-led, Afghan- expressed satisfaction at the increase in bilateral trade that owned and Afghan-controlled peace and has crossed the USD 1 billion mark. reconciliation process at a meeting between Prime During the meeting, the two countries also agreed to Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President deepen their partnership in the areas of high impact IAshraf Ghani in New Delhi in September. projects in Afghanistan in the fields of infrastructure, According to a statement issued by the External Affairs human resources development and other capacity building Ministry, the two countries also agreed to strengthen their projects. According to official sources here, Mr Ghani cooperation at various international fora and decided to work appreciated the decision of India and China to jointly work even more closely with their regional and international on projects and programmes in Afghanistan. The two Asian partners for prosperity, peace, stability and progress in the giants are planning to start their partnership in Afghanistan region. They also expressed determination to strengthen with a training programme for Afghan diplomats in connectivity among the two countries, including through October. Mr Modi, the sources said, also sought long-term Chabahar port and direct air-freight corridor. Mr Ghani business visas for Indian businessmen to boost bilateral briefed Mr Modi on the initiatives by his government towards trade. The India-backed Shahtoot dam that will be crucial peace and reconciliation and also in confronting the challenges for drinking water in Kabul also came up for discussions. of terrorism and extremism imposed on Afghanistan and its “We hope we can move closer to its finalisation,” a source people. Mr Modi condemned terrorist attacks and violence in said. Among other issues that came up for discussion, it is Afghanistan and expressed solidarity with the people and learnt, are a low cost housing project in Nangarhar national defence forces in their fight against terrorism. province, irrigation projects, polishing of gems, food He expressed India’s “unwavering commitment” to processing and export of marbles to India. support the efforts of the Afghanistan government to During the meeting, Mr Modi expressed concern over the continue as a united, peaceful, inclusive and democratic six Indian workers who were abducted in Afghanistan in May nation and emerge as an economically vibrant country. this year. Mr Ghani said he was personally monitoring the The two leaders reviewed the progress of the multi- issue and assured Mr Modi of the workers’ safe release. Ë 6 india empire | september 2018 IndIa, BangLadEsh mEmBERs of samE famILy: Pm modI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina jointly unveiled the plaque for the ground-breaking ceremony of two projects: India-Bangladesh