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'India to be a major economic powerhouse'

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Posted online: London, November 14: IST


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Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 1232 hrs India would be one of the three major economic powerhouses in the world in the next two decades, London Mayor Ken Livingstone has said.

"I envisage that within the next 20 years, the three most important persons in the world will be the President of China, the President of America and the Prime Minister of India," Livingstone, who is embarking on a six-day visit to India from next Sunday, told newsmen on Tuesday night.

He said he would be leading a delegation of high powered 80-member London "ambassadors" including Lord Sebastian Coe and Paul Deighton, Chairman and Chief Executive of London Olympics 2012 Organising Committee.

During his visit, the Mayor will open the London India Office in Delhi and the London India Office in Mumbai to promote business, trade, culture and tourism between the city and India and sign at least three agreements including a city-to-city partnership agreement with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, a tourism agreement in Delhi and an agreement between Film London and the Film and Television Guild of India.

The Mayor, who will visit the Film City in Mumbai, said last year Indian film producers produced 40 movies in London and there was a vast scope to increase it.

He will host a showcase of London and Indian creative industries in Mumbai with special guest Amitabh Bachchan, the Bollywood superstar.

In Delhi, Livingston, whose delegation would also include Peter Hendy, Commissioner for Transport for London, Michael Charlton, Chief Executive of Think London, James Bidwell, Chief Executive of Visit London and Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of Film London, will visit the Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi.

Preparations for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010 and the London Olympics in 2012 will also figure in his discussions with Indian counterparts.

Describing Mumbai as one of the greatest financial centres, the Mayor said "We will be delighted to work with the Municipal Corporation of Mumbai to improve the transportation there since Britain has 150-year long expertise in the field."

Besides New Delhi and Mumbai, the Mayor will visit Amritsar and meet Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal.

The Mayor's tour will also build on the cultural links between London and India.

Livingstone, who organised a three-month long 'India Now' Festival in London recently, said "India is a rising economic superpower. It has a growth rate of over nine per cent a year, 1.2 billion people and it already accounts for the second highest number of inward...

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» India a POORHOUSE!
Posted by immoral dirty crstyn on 2007-11-15 15:21:02.220962+05:30
LOL,India is a POOR HOUSE!!

» INDIA A "POVERTY HOUSE"!!!
Posted by immoral dirty crstyn on 2007-11-15 11:59:46.913424+05:30
It will be more appropriate to call India a," A POVERTY HOUSE"!!!

» India A "POVERTYHOUSE"!!!
Posted by immoral dirty crstyn on 2007-11-15 11:57:43.999982+05:30
LOL.With 80% of the population POOR on the basis of Rs 20/= daily wage,as per official figures,and still ,the POVERTY LEVEL,INCREASING.

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