“Mobility is about expanding trade, business, and providing temporary visas for people who visit a country either for work or for studies.”
— Piyush Goyal, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister
India is not seeking permanent immigration visas from any country under a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and is only looking to engage with trading partners on mobility like temporary visas for students, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said recently, reported ANI.
He said that some people mix up mobility and immigration but they are two separate subjects. Mobility is about expanding trade, business, and providing temporary visas for people who visit a country either for work or for studies, he said.
“India is not seeking permanent immigration visas from any country… We are only looking to engage with countries on mobility. We are concerned only about our ability to give services for business and investments through temporary visas, for students who take training in the post-study period… (and) for which we have found a lot of acceptance in all the countries with which we are talking,” Goyal told reporters.
Indian authorities have recently dismissed reports that India-UK trade talks have been stalled over the recent attacks involving pro-Khalistan groups in London
Providing temporary visas to professionals from sectors such as IT is India’s key trade agreement demand. He also said that the negotiations with the UK, EU and Canada are progressing fast.
Some of the Indian exports from sectors such as apparel are of the view that the trade pact with the UK would help them push exports worth about USD one billion after the agreement comes into force. Indian authorities have recently dismissed reports that India-UK trade talks have been stalled over the recent attacks involving pro-Khalistan groups in London.
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