India will get a permanent place for doing business at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai starting next year. The India pavilion, on which the country is spending around Rs. 230 crore, will be a permanent structure maintained even after the expo gets over in April 2021.
India’s trade with the UAE is expected to get a further push at the Expo 2020, which will also generate employment opportunities and promote tourism between India and other participating countries. The World Expo 2020 opens on October 20, 2020, and closes on April 10, 2021. India is now the UAE’s largest trading partner and the UAE is India’s third-largest.
At the expo, India will be displaying its achievements in space, pharmaceuticals, information technology, renewable energy and telecom sectors as well as its prowess in innovation and start-ups. “India has taken a major pavilion which is strategic in terms of location in the expo. We extend our gratitude to the leadership of India for their vision. Indian Pavilion in Expo 2020 will remain under the government of India possession and will be permanent Pavilion in the UAE,” said the UAE Ambassador to India Ahmed Albanna.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal had laid the foundation stone of India pavilion late in September. Over 2.5 crore visitors are expected at the expo, in which India has got 4,600 sq meter display area.
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