Praising the Indian diaspora as an "asset" for India-UK relations, India's new High Commissioner Navtej Sarna today said that though being only 1.8 per cent of Britain's population they contribute 6 per cent to the GDP. The India diaspora in the UK is one of the largest ethnic minority communities in the country equating to around 1.8 per cent of the population and contributing 6 per cent of the country's GDP, he said. At an event at the British Parliament complex, he also described them as an asset for building India-UK relations. The event, jointly hosted by Indo-British All Party Parliamentary Group and the APPG for the Commonwealth, was held to welcome Sarna to his UK posting earlier this year.