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President Ram Nath Kovind says India has made its presence felt on global arena in vast array of sectors

<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">President Ram Nath Kovind has said that India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and it has made its presence felt on the global arena in a vast array of sectors. </span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Chairing the Indo- Greek Business Forum in Athens, on the last day of his visit to Greece, the President said India has upgraded and expanded its infrastructure including roads, airports, waterways and ports. He said it has tremendous scope in agriculture produce, pharmaceuticals and bio technology and start-ups. He said, India has introduced GST to facilitate the industry.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Forum was attended by 33 leading Indian Businessmen, representing a large spectrum of Indian industry including speciality glass manufacturing, tourism, pharmaceuticals, IT,  Aerospace, defence production and banking among others. The business representatives are looking for interaction and mutually advantageous partnerships with Greek companies. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The President who is on a three-nation tour to Greece, Suriname and Cuba, is accompanied by a delegation including Minister of state for steel, Vishnu Sri Sai and two Members of Parliament. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mr Kovind later attended an event organised by the Hellenic Foundation for Europe and Foreign Policy at Zappio before leaving for Suriname on the second leg of his tour. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">India and Greece are keen to increase their cultural, commercial and investment contacts. Currently, the total trade between the two countries is only around 507 million  US dollars. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Greek companies have shown interest in doing business in India including export of olive oil and olive,  cheese, fruit and fruit juice, consumer goods etc.  </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The mighty Indian mango may soon find its way to the Greek tables as will the Greek Olives in Indian homes. And movie buffs, be ready for a visual extravaganza as Indian films might soon be shot there in view of changing Greek policies.</div>

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