Transcript of Special Briefing on 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention 2023 (January 10, 2023)

Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson:A very good evening to all of you. Thank you for joining us for this special media briefing of the Ministry of External Affairs. At the outset, let me mention as you would have realized, we are not in our usual location in New Delhi. But at this beautiful city of Indore, where we have just concluded the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and to give us a sense of what actually happened over the last three days and what we have been able to pick up and engage with various participants, we have a distinguished panel here on the dias and let me briefly introduce them and then I'll hand over the microphone. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA) in the Ministry of External Affairs who has been the lead point of this 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas that we have organized in partnership with the government of Madhya Pradesh. Also joining us here from the Ministry of External Affairs, Shri Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, as well as Madam Manika Jain, Additional Secretary (Overseas Indian Affairs) in the Ministry of External Affairs. We are particularly happy that Shri Mohammed Suleman, Additional Chief Secretary of the government of Madhya Pradesh, he is also on the Dias with us on this joint event that we have just concluded. Without further ado, may I now hand over the floor to Dr. Ausaf Sayeed Sir to give us a sense of what the PBD is about.

Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA):Good afternoon, and Namaste, all of you. We welcome you again here for this Special Press Briefing. I'm very happy to share with you that moments earlier we have successfully concluded the 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention, and there were many things packed in this convention, there were elements which are regular elements, but there were also many new elements which were built into this as you were aware that we had gone with the theme of "Diaspora, Reliable Partners for India's progress in Amrit Kaal" for this PBD convention with the sole objective of connecting deeply with our Diaspora and in different parts. And we have also focused on this PBD on two things, one, how the overseas diaspora had contributed for our freedom struggle. So for that, you would have by now seen, I believe that the first ever digital exhibition which had been mounted on "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: Contribution of diaspora in Indian freedom struggle", and also underlying the importance of safe, legal and orderly migration, our focus, which has been there of our government, we also requested the Prime Minister who released this commemorative stamp on 'Surakshit Jaaye Prashikshit Jaaye'. So these were there. But then some of the elements which I was talking about is that we had five plenary sessions and this is the first time we have that all these sessions were headed by cabinet ministers, four by the Cabinet ministers, one by a Minister of State, holding charge for culture. And then we had several other Ministers from various countries partnering, so we had overwhelming response to these plenary discussions, went off very well. All the panellists contributed well, and there were interactive sessions from the diaspora.
And again, we saw that a beautiful trade fair exhibition has been mounted, industrial exhibition mounted by the government of Madhya Pradesh, and also a cultural corridor parallel running to it. People were very much happy with the hospitality extended by the people of Indore, Government of Madhya Pradesh, and specifically, all those officials who are working in Indore. Particularly, there was great appreciation for the different kinds of local cuisine, which was organized. So this was again, something people have given us a feedback about. While talking about something unique this year, again, we had for the first time, from UAE, we had a delegation of 200 students who had come, all school students from UAE, this is again, the first time we tried to have children come and experience this thing, which we liked very much, their interaction and their interest. We also had 100 blue collar workers from the country also joined, because after all at the end of the day all these deliberations are also about how we make things simpler for our workforce who are going in different countries in search of newer opportunities. So this is again, this is the first time it was there.

We had of course, big delegations, official delegations from Guyana, Suriname and also Mauritius, one of the biggest delegations. We had ministerial delegations from Malaysia, Panama, Zimbabwe, and so on and so forth. So, in all, we had three days of intense discussions and all the Cabinet Ministers also made it a point that they met the Diaspora group separately, all those Cabinet Ministers who chaired these sessions also had separate sessions with the Diaspora belonging to different countries, US, UK, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait. So, in those separate meetings, which were of course, not telecasted or it was not open to public, but people had got an opportunity for the first hand to discuss their issues with the Ministers concerned. So, this was again something unique inbuilt into this PBD that there were - firstly the number of Cabinet Ministers were the highest ever this time and each of these Cabinet Ministers as I mentioned, had very, very fruitful discussions, closed door discussions with the Pravasi friends. Also on the sidelines of the PBD, Honourable Prime Minister of India as well as Honourable Rashtrapati Ji had bilateral discussions with the two visiting dignitaries, the Presidents of Guyana and the Suriname. So to brief you more on that I would like to pass on to my colleague, Saurabh Kumar, Secretary East in the Ministry of External Affairs

Shri Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East):Namaskar mitro, jaisa ki hamare mitr aur Secretary (CPV) Ausaf Sayeed ne aapse bataya ki is paravasi bharatiya divas ke antargat do rashtrapati Guyana aur Suriname se aaye the aur unhonne ismen participate kiya, President Santokhi jo ki Suriname ke rashtrapati hai 2002 se, unko pichhale paravasi bharatiya divas jo ki 2021 mein hua tha woh chief guest the usmen aur unko Paravasi bharatiya samman diya gaya tha. Pradhanmantri ne kyonki woh video medium se hua tha to pradhanmantri ji ne unko in person divas ke liye bulaya, wo kafi ichchhuk the bharat ane ke liye. Is baar ke jo chief guest the woh the Guyana ke rashtrapati, president Irfaan Ali ji, jaisa ki aapne unki speech bhi suni hogi woh bharat se, bharat aur Guyana ke jo sambandh hai unko or deep or ghanisht banana chahte hai aur in sambandho ke baare mein thoda sa bolunga. Pradhanmantri ji aur rashtrapati ji ki in donon rashtrapati President Santokhi aur President Irfaan Ali ji ke saath bilateral meeting hui. pradhanmantri ji ki meeting kal thi, rashtrapati ji ki meeting aaj hui unke sathe. pradhanmantri ji ki jo meeting thi donon rashtrapatiyon ke saath aadhe ghante ki thi lekin dono meeting mein itna substantive discussion hua ki woh aadhe ghante se jyada samay meeting chali. Guyana ke jo rashtrapati the irfaan ali ji woh lagbhag 1 ghante ki meeting ho gai thi aur santokhi ji ke sath bhi jo meeting thi wo lagbhag 45 minute ki meeting thi. Panama ki jo videsh mantri hai woh bhi aai thi aur Santokhi ji ke sath jo Suriname ke jo videsh mantri the woh bhi yahan par the aur hamare jo videsh mantri hai Dr. Jaishankar ji unki separately in videsh mantriyon ke sath meeting hui aur unhonne Guyana aur Suriname ke jo rashtrapati hai unpe bhi call on kiya tha. Malaysia ke bhi ek mantri human resource ke yahaan par aye hue hain unke saath separately Dr. Jaishankar ji ki meeting hui thi aur Malaysia ke saath mantri ji ke saath community bhi thi to unke saath bhi dono mantriyon ka aapas mein interaction hua tha. To, baki aur bhi han Mauritius se bhi kafi mantri aaye hue the, Arindam ji hamen bata rahe hai to unke saath bhi vahan pe Dr. Jaishankar ji ka interaction huaa thaa. Jitne bhi videsh se delegation aai hui hai.
(Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation)
Hello friends, as our friend and Secretary (CPV) Ausaf Sayeed told you that under this Bharatiya Paravasi Diwas, two Presidents came from Guyana and Suriname and participated in it. President Santokhi, who has been the President of Suriname since 2002, was the chief guest at the last Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which was held in 2021 and was given the Paravasi Bharatiya Samman. Since it happened through video medium, the Prime Minister invited him for this in-person day, he was very keen to come to India. The chief guest this time was President of Guyana, President Irfan Ali ji, as you must have heard his speech, he wants to make the relations between India and Guyana more deep and close and I will talk a little about these relations. The Prime Minister and the President had a bilateral meeting with these two Presidents President Santokhi and President Irfan Ali ji. The Prime Minister's meeting was held yesterday, the President's meeting was held with him today. The prime minister's meeting was half an hour with the two presidents, but there was so much substantive discussion in both the meetings that they met for more than half an hour. Irfan Ali ji, who was the President of Guyana, was about an hour-long meeting and the meeting with Santokhi ji was also about 45 minutes. The Foreign Minister of Panama also came and the Foreign Minister of Suriname was also here along with Santokhi ji and our Foreign Minister Dr. Jaishankar ji had a separate meeting with these Foreign Ministers and he also called on the President of Guyana and Suriname. A Minister of Malaysia has also come here for human resources, Dr. Jaishankar ji had a meeting with him separately and there was also a community with the Minister with Malaysia, so the two ministers also had a conversation with him. So, many ministers from Mauritius were also there, Arindam ji is telling us, so Dr. Jaishankar ji had an interaction with him there too. All the delegations have come from abroad.

External Affairs Minister Dr. Jaishankar made it a point to interact with them, get their inputs and feedback. Now, let me just focus on the interactions which took place between the Prime Minister and our President and President Santokhi and President Irfaan Ali. So, let me just give you a little background about our bilateral relationship. Guyana as you all know has 40% Indian origin population. President Irfaan Ali has been at the helm from 2020 onwards. Guyana has had very significant finds of oil and gas.

Oil aur gas ki jo discoveries abhi haal hi mein abhi kuchh hi varsh pehle hui hai aur 2-3 saal pahle se unaka production bhi shuru ho gaya hai, is samay unaka 3.4 lakh barrel per day unaka guyana ka production hai aur inake estimates hai ki ye decade ke end tak ye production 1.64 million barrels per day ka ho jaega. To Guyana in future would be major production centre for hydrocarbons. kyonki ye resources mile hai Guyana is samay taiyari kar raha hai apne growth key, development ki aur isake antargat woh chahte hai ki bharat aur bharat ki jo commercial entities hai public sector, private sector woh guyana mein jyada part lein aur vahan ki jo pragati ho rahi hai, vahan ka jo development or growth process hai usmen bhagidari ho, ye main message Guyana ke rashtrapati ka tha unhone ye bhi bataya unke saath 25 member business delegation aaya hai (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) The discovery of oil and gas that took place only a few years ago and their production has also started 2-3 years ago, at this time their production is 3.4 lakh barrels in Guyana and they estimate that by the end of the decade this production will be 1.64 million barrels per day. So Guyana in future would be major production centre for hydrocarbons. Because these resources have been received, Guyana is currently preparing for its growth, development and under this, we want the commercial entities of India and India, the public sector, the private sector, to take more part in Guyana and participate in the development and growth process that is being made there. This was the main message of the President of Guyana. He also said that he has a 25-member business delegation with him.

Which is the largest business delegation Guyana has ever sent to India. And I would just mention a little bit more about this conversation. But let me just very briefly also mentioned about Suriname.

Suriname ke rashtrapati yahan aye hai unke sath hamari bahut achchhi developmental cooperation hai, Suriname is samay jo hai woh thoda sa arthik samasyaon se gujar raha hai to hamara jo credit tha lines of credit jo unhen vapas karna tha, jo debt hai usmen woh restructuring chahte the to pradhanmantri ji ke sath jo vartalap hui usmen hamlog ye agreement reach kar gaye ki unka jo debt hai woh restructure kiya jaaega. Aur doosra mahatvapoorn mudda tha Suriname ke saath ki Suriname is varsh, bharat se bharat mool ke jo log wahan pe gaye hain unka 150 anniversary is saal manayega, toh woh bahut ichchhuk the ki Bharat se log vahan pe participate karen aur high level delegation vahan par jaye aur Pradhanmantri ko invite unhonne iske liye kiya hai aur jab Rashtrapati ji ke sath meeting hui tab rashtrapati ji ko bhi isake liye invite kiya hai. To overall jo discussion hue hain Pradhanmantri ji ke saath, Rashtrapati ji ke saath bahut achchhe discussion hue hain, warmth bhi vahan pe chemistry bahut achchhi thi. Irfan ali ji ne Pradhanmantri ji ko bataya, Rashtrapati ji se bhi wo bole ki India ke taraf wo log dekhte hain leadership ke liye. Pradhanmantri ji se President Irfan Ali bole ki unka jo leadership hai woh bahut admire kiya jata hai, bharat mein toh kiya hi jata hai lekin jo Indian origin ke log hain Latin America mein aur Caribbean mein woh bhi jo leadership hai uss se prerit hote hain aur jo value system hai Pradhanmantri ji ka aur unki leadership ka usase woh bhi vahan pe inspiration draw karte hain aur usako vahan pe follow karne ki koshish karte hain. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) The President of Suriname has come here, we have a very good developmental corporation with him, Suriname is currently going through a little financial problem, so we had to give back the lines of credit that he had to return, he wanted restructuring in the debt. So, in the talks with the Prime Minister, we reached an agreement that his debt will be restructured. And the second important issue was that Suriname will celebrate 150 anniversaries of people of Indian origin who have migrated there from India this year, so they were very keen that people from India should participate there and high-level delegations should go there and they have invited the Prime Minister for this and when the meeting with the President was held, the President was also invited for this. has been done. So overall, the discussions that have taken place have been very good with the Prime Minister, with the President, warmly the chemistry was very good there. Irfan Ali ji told the Prime Minister, he also told the President that he looks towards India for leadership. President Irfan Ali said to the Prime Minister that his leadership is admired a lot, as it is done in India, but people of Indian origin in Latin America and the Caribbean are also inspired by his leadership and the Prime Minister's value system and his leadership, they also draw inspiration from there and try to follow it there.

Sectors jo the Guyana ke sandarbh mein. Infrastructure vahan pay banane unaka plans hai, usake liye batchit hui, IT sector mein woh aage badhana chahte hain, IT Park banana chahte hai, Renewable energy mein desh ko aage le jana chahte hai, agriculture, food processing is tarah se anek sectors hai jisamen woh hamara participation chahte hain. Jo ki Indore se or madhya pradesh se lage mudde hai ye donon hi rashtrapati aapki jo invest MP summit hogi usmen bhag lenge uske inaugural session mein bhaag leinge. maine aapko bola nahi tha lekin suriname mein bhi oil and gas ke deposits hone ki sambhavna hai, exploration stage pe abhi kaam chal raha hai aur kuchh saal mein production bhi shuru ho jaega. To donon hi rashtrapati Suriname ke aur Guyana ke woh jo aapka hydrocarbon ka jo sector hoga invest MP conference ke antargat usmen participate karenge kyonki donon ka interest is area mein hai. Indore ke siva ye doosre shahar bhi jayenge aur vahan bhi in donon Rashtrapati key meetings lined-up hai aur jaisa ki maine bola hai ki business or chamber of commerce ke sath bhi interaction hoga. to main yahan pe ab samapt karta hoon baad mein agar kuchh prashn honge to main usaka uttar dene ke liye taiyaar hoon. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) In the context of the sectors that were Guyana, infrastructure is built there, there was talk for it, they want to move forward in the IT sector, they want to build IT Parks. In renewable energy, they want to take the country forward, agriculture, food processing are many sectors in which they want our participation. Both the Presidents will participate in the inaugural session of your invest MP summit which will be related to Indore and Madhya Pradesh. I did not tell you but there is a possibility of deposits of oil and gas in Suriname, work on the exploration stage is still going on and production will also start in a few years. So, both president Surinam and Guyana's people will participate in your hydrocarbon sector under the invest MP conference because both are interested in this area. Apart from Indore, they will also go to other cities and there too, the meetings of these two Presidents are lined-up and as I have said, there will also be interactions with business and the Chamber of Commerce. So I finish here now, if there are any questions later, I am ready to answer them.

Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson: Thank you very much sir. May I now request Suleman sir to share his perspective from the MP Government's perspective on this big event.

Shri Mohammed Suleman, Additional Chief Secretary of the government of Madhya Pradesh: Sabhi sathiyon I would say ki hamlog ko madhya pradesh ke liye humko pehli baar ye avasar mila, bharat sarkar ne kaha ki woh state ko partner banana chahte hain apne is flagship event ke liye jo 17th time jo India mein ho rahi thi pehli baar Madhya Pradesh ko avasar mila. Vyaktigat roop se main apna kahun to mujhe bhi pehli baar ye avasar mila ki main foreign service ke apne do batch mates ke sath kam kar sakun, normally ye academy ke baad aadmi milta nahi hai to mujko inke sath kaam karne ka mauka mila. Hum logon ki indore hamesha se strength rahi hai usi strength ke basis mein hamlogo ne ismain partnership karne mein apni sahmati di aur koshish kari ki hum apna jo flagship event hota hai global investor summit usi k sath hum isko line-up kar saken abhi Secretary bata rahe the ki jo vishisht atithi aaye hue hain woh global investor summit mein bhi shamil hai usmain lagbhag 27 desho ke log aage or participate kar rahe hain. Abhi jo log aaye the unse bhi mukhyamantri ji ne baat pe dhyan diya ki hum kitne logo se apne bilateral relation establish kar sakte hain kendra sarkar ne humko kripapurvak humko adhe din ka state seminar karane ka avasar bhi diya aur usmen hamane 6 session kiye 3-3 karke do parallel session adhe din ka avsar unhonne humko diya to hamane NRI ke sath uss mein interact kiyaa. Mukhyamantri ji ke nirdesh par jo state seminar the woh sabhi mein jo rajya ke jo mantrigan the woh upasthit rahe, na keval vo apne seminar mein participate kiye balki baad mein bhi unhonne individual meeting bahut saare logo se kari. Health Minister sahab, medical education minister sahab ne jo medical ke kshetra main meeting kari usmain bahut jabardast participation tha khastaur se unlogo ka jo indore se aur bhopal se medicine ki padhai karke bahar America mein gaye huye hain. To bahut saare project pe unhone cooperation ka assurance diya, sabse interesting baat ye lagi unhone ye kaha ki jo teaching hai medical colleges mein usmein virtual classes ke madhyam se specialist teaching ka kaam woh log kar sakte hein. Jo log mukhyamantri ji ke sath mile, lagbhag hamane 28 meeting mukhyamantri ji ki alag-alag delegation ke saath organise kari. usmen sabhi tarah ke proposal mile jo investment se related bhi the, jo cultural exchange se related bhi the, jo partnership se related bhi the. Skill development ke kshetra mein bahut saare logo ne ruchi dikhai. Mujhe lagta hai ki ham logon ke liye ye pehla experience tha or ye experience ko safal karne mein jitna yogdan indore ne diya woh apne aap mein, mujhe lagta hai ki Bharat sarkar ke har vyakti ne usako saraha ki Indore ne bahut actively is kaam ko support kiya. hamare friends of MP ke chapters hain 12 desho mein jinke madhyam se hamane mobilize karane kee koshish ki. Jab hamlog iss baat ki shuruat kar rahe the to participation ke jo expectation the, friends of MP ke chapters ke active cooperation se usmen bahut jyada acha sahyog hamein mila bahut sare countries se, mukhyamantri ji ne isilie usko apne final vaktavya mein friends of MP ki vyavastha ko institutionalise karne ki baat bhi kahi ki hum unse lagatar apna sanvad kaise kar saken aur saath mein ye commitment bhi kiya ki jaise ek baar hamane pahale kiya hai Hum madhyapradesh ke NRI ka har do saal mein ek sammelan yahan kiya karenge aur usamen ek kuchh log jo vishisht kaam jo kar rahe hai unko award bhi karenge So mujhe lagta hai ki indore ke parishram ke karan Madhya Pradesh ke liye bahut achchhi shuruat hui hai aur jo opportunity bharat sarkar ne hamein di hai uske liye main unko dhanyavad bhi dena chahta hoon. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation)

All the friends I would say that we got this opportunity for the first time for Madhya Pradesh, the Government of India said that they want to make the state a partner for this flagship event which was taking place in India for the first time in the 17th time that Madhya Pradesh got the opportunity. Personally speaking, I also got this opportunity for the first time that I can work with my two batch mates of the foreign service, normally a person is not available after the academy, so I got a chance to work with them. Indore has always been a strength of our people, on the basis of that strength, we gave our consent to partner in it and tried to line-up it with the flagship event of our global investor summit. Now they were telling that the special guests who have come are also involved in the global investor summit, in which people from about 27 countries are further participating. The Chief Minister also paid attention to the people who had just come and how many people we can establish our bilateral relations with. The central government also graciously gave us the opportunity to hold a half-day state seminar and in which we conducted 6 sessions, 3-3 to two parallel sessions half a day. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, all the state ministers who were present in the state seminar, not only did they participate in their seminars, but later they also held individual meetings with many people. Health Minister Sahib, medical education minister sir had a tremendous participation in the meeting held in the field of medical, especially those who have gone out of Indore and Bhopal to study medicine and went to America. So, on many projects, he assured the corporation, the most interesting thing was that he said that those people can do the work of specialist teaching through virtual classes in medical colleges. Those who met with the Chief Minister, we organized about 28 meetings with different delegations of the Chief Minister, in which all kinds of proposals were also related to investment, which were also related to cultural exchange, which were also related to partnership, many people showed interest in the field of skill development. I think this was the first experience for us and the amount of contribution Indore made in making this experience successful is in itself, I think everyone in the Government of India appreciated it and Indore supported this work very actively. Our friends of MP have chapters in 12 countries through which we tried to mobilize. When we were starting this talk, we got a lot of good support from the active corporation of the chapters of friends of MP, we got a lot of support from many countries, the Chief Minister also told him in his final statement to institutionalize the system of friends of MP so that we can communicate with them continuously and also made a commitment that once again. We have done it before. We will hold a conference of NRIs of Madhya Pradesh every two years and will also award some people who are doing special work in it. So, I think due to the hard work of Indore, a very good beginning has been made for Madhya Pradesh and I also want to thank the Government of India for the opportunity given to us.

Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson: Thank you sir. Thank you very much. We'll now open the floor for questions. I'm seeing a lot of new friends, a lot of new faces some from Delhi. So the ground rule is please introduce yourself, and the organization that you represent before you take the floor and please raise your hand when you want to ask the question.

Praveen Sharma:This is Praveen Sharma from Hello Hindustan. I just want to know ki total precise registration kitna hua tha? Aur kitne logon ne participate kiya tha aur kitne desho ne participate kiya aur doosra kya Videsh mantralay or Finance ministry Guyana mein aur Suriname mein wahi sambhavana dekhta hai jo America, Gulf mein oil or gas ke liye kar raha hai, un ka shodhan karna aur nikalna donon ke liye. (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) I just want to know how much total precise registration took place? And how many people participated and how many countries participated, and the second is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finance ministries in Ghana and Suriname see the same potential that the US is doing for oil and gas in the Gulf, both to refine and extract them.

Manisha: Sabhi adarniya ko pranam karti hun. Main Manisha prabhat kiran se, City Chief. May I ask question sir? Sir sawal sirf ek hi hai ki hamare bharat mein toh bahut saari sambhavana hai, har sector mein sambhavana hai chahe economically ho, chahe dusre sectors ho. Sir jo doosre delegates aaye hain jaise Guyana ya Surinam ke aaye, hum inse kya lein sakte hain Sir or is puri jo summit hui usmein hum kitne output ki ummid rakh rahe hain Sir, mera sawal ye tha? (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) I salute all the respected. Manisha from Prabhat Kiran, City Chief. May I ask question Sir? Sir, the only question is that there is a lot of potential in our India, there is potential in every sector, whether economically, whether it is other sectors. Sir, what can we take from other delegates who have come, such as those from Guyana or Suriname, Sir and how much output are we expecting from this entire summit, Sir, my question was this?

Arvind Tiwari: Namaskar, Main Arvind Tiwari DGNN News se, mera sawal saurabh sir ye tha ki kal Prime Minister ne skill development par bahut jyada focus kiya hai to kya Guyana, Suriname ya dusri countries ke saath skill development ke sector mein koi batchit hui hai ya is sector mein bharat apna kaam aage badhayega? (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Hello, I am Arvind Tiwari from DGNN News, my question Saurabh Sir was that yesterday the Prime Minister has focused a lot on skill development, so has there been any talk in the field of skill development with Guyana, Suriname or other countries or will India take its work forward in this sector?

Aditya Shrivastava: Sir main Aditya Shrivastava hoon DD News se, Vaccine niti par kafi cheeze jis tarah se bharat ne corona kaal mein kaam kiya, dono rashtra pramukhon ne us par charcha kee, bharat ne jo chhavi duniyan bhar mein develop ki hai khaskar kar vaccine niti se ye kahin na kahin badhi hai kya yeh manen? (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Sir I am Aditya Srivastava from DD News, a lot of things on vaccine policy discussed the way India worked during the Corona period, both the heads of state discussed it. The image that India has developed all over the world, especially through the vaccine policy, has improved somewhat. Do you agree?

Sanjay Gupta: Sanjay gupta hoon The Sutra News ka Bureau Chief, mera sawal hai ki brain drain ki baat hoti rahi hai, abhi brain gain ki baat ho rahi hai ye sabhi ministers ne bhi kaha hai, PM saab bhi yahi hai ki brain gain hona chahiye to kya hum right track pe hain? usake lie kya special hamari policy hai brain gain ho ab, ki pravasi bhartiya hi kyon? hamare bhartiya hi ab isko aage badhe aur brain drain nahi ho hamara? (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Sanjay Gupta, Bureau Chief of (Inaudible), my question is that there has been talk of brain drain, now it is being talked about brain gain, all these ministers have also said, you also have that there should be brain gain. Are we on the right track? What is our policy for that, be brain gain now, why only NRI's? Our Indians should move forward so that our brains are not drained?

Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson:Sir may be we'll take this round of these four, five questions then we'll take another round. Yeah, absolutely sir whichever ones you want to take sir, and then rest we will distribute.

Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA):Lagbhag 70 desho se log yahan par aaye aur ye registration raha 5-6 tarikh tak toh woh specific number aapko is vakht dena mushkil hai kyonki bahut saare registration bharat se bhi hue bahar se bhi hue hain. lekin jo humlog pehle jab hum taiyari kar rahe the Indore ke liye to hamare jo expectation hai usse you know kahin jyada hamane participation dekha, logo ka enthusiasm dekha aur jo number of countries bhi jitni i yahan Indore mein aur bahut sare log you know 100s of people aise the ke jo pehli dafa aye. You know to mujhe lagta hai chunki pandemic ke baad chaar saal ke break ke baad ye khulaa you know the transportation and civil aviation opened up to isaki vajah se aur bhi hamen you know we are happy key people could participate. To hamari apeksha se jyada jo hai logon ne participate kiya, exact number is vakht dena mushkil hai but maybe we'll release you the thing aur baki some of things in the bilateral I think my colleague will answer lekin yakinan skill development par jor diya gaya kyonki skill development ek important hum logon ke lie mahatvapoorn vishay hai. Iss pe aaj you know Minister of skill development or education ne bhi is pe kafi batchit ki aur kai jo participants the jo duniya ke mukhtalif hisson se bhi yahan pe participate kiye unhone ne bhi apne-apne jo hain experiences bataya aur sujhav die ki kiss tarah se skilling, reskilling aur upskilling ko hamlog behtar bana sakte hai involving state of art institutions in India. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) People from about 70 countries came here and this registration was from 5-6th, so it is difficult to give you that specific number at this time because many registrations have been done from outside India as well. But what we were preparing for Indore earlier, we saw more participation, enthusiasm of people and the number of countries that came here in Indore and many more people than our expectation. You know the 100s of people who came for the first time. You know, I think it opened after a four-year break after the pandemic. You know the transportation and civil aviation opened up so because of this and also you know we are happy people could participate. So more than what we expect people to participate, it is difficult to give exact number at this time but maybe we'll release you the thing and the rest some of things in the bilateral between the will my colleague will answer but definitely emphasize skill development because skill development is an important subject for us. Today you know the Minister of Skill Development and Education also talked a lot about this and many participants who participated here from the main parts of the world also told their experiences and gave suggestions on how we can improve skilling, reskilling and upskilling involving state of art institutions in India.

Which we are as a Ministry of External Affairs we are collaborating very closely with the Ministry of Skill Development as well as the State Government. One of our key program in this is called Videsh Sampark where it is a state outreach program where the CPV division under me, we reach out to various state governments, talk to them about the opportunities available in different countries and then what are the various skilling requirements and the skill mapping of jobs available that is a major assessment which we do. So it is a kind of a hand holding and an exercise which involves different agencies - Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Skill Development and State Government and several public sectors. So I'll pass on.

Shri Mohammed Suleman, Additional Chief Secretary of the government of Madhya Pradesh: I'll just add to this skill development part which somebody asked.

Saudi Arab ke group se chief minister sahab ke interaction mein there are very positive discussion on this. They said they want to have a PPP arrangement with the Government of Madhya Pradesh, jismain hum apne ITIs or polytechnic ke saath unko link kar saken, usmen woh identified courses pe apni design karke training chahte hain aur unko saath mein employment ki guarantee ki baat unhonne ki hai. And chief minister sahab ne usako positively liya hai. We have started the process of formally sign MOU with them, skill jo hamara skill education department hai woh unke saath touch mein hai. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) In the interaction of the Chief Minister from the Group of Saudi Arabia there are very positive discussions on this. They said they want to have a PPP arrangement with the government of Madhya Pradesh, in which we can link them with our ITIs and polytechnics, they want to design their identified courses and they have talked about guaranteeing employment along with them. And the Chief Minister has taken it positively. We have started the process of formally sign MOU with them, the skill that is our skill education department is in touch with them.

Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA):Also I think you asked about when we are doing this PBD and carrying out various sessions, what are we aiming at? Or what are we gaining? Now, as I said these five major plenary sessions which were done, the topics were carefully chosen, you know, starting from youth and how the youth could be involved and engaged in our mainstream and development in India, and then soft diplomacy, woman, and workforce and healthcare. So, in each of these sessions, the participants who were again chosen from different parts geographically and different specializations within the field of the theme of the plenary, first of all, they gave their own examples in their own fields of activity, which they were doing and also gave some very useful suggestions, how they could kind of contribute. And likewise, some other participations, let's say, there was one participant who was specializing in semiconductor industry and how semiconductor industry could be utilized in renewable energy as well as in healthcare. So, these kinds of path breaking technologies which they are dealing with or which they are very comfortably working with abroad, there was this clear inclination on the part of the participants to give back so that is where the question that when we're talking about brain drain to brain gain, so, the Government is now providing various ways and various policies, various mechanisms by which people especially in the scientific field, and educational field could come back to the country not perhaps for a longer period, but even for shorter durations, where they can do joint research, joint publications, exchange of students, exchange of faculties. So, there are various possibilities which we have been discussing, some programs are already publicized and known, but then there are various new programs, which we are planning. Prime Minister is very keen to engage very closely with the diaspora and also with the various academic institutions of higher learning globally where our Indian diaspora members are doing either research or teaching. So, this is something which we are closely working at. So, I'll pass on to Mr. Saurabh Kumar.

Shri Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) :Praveen ji aapne pucha tha oil and gas ke baare mein guyana aur kuchh had tak suriname bhi oil and gas cooperation hum in desho ki taraf dekh rahe hai particularly guyana ki taraf. Delhi mein rashtrapati ji ki, guyana ke rashtrapati ji ki Minister of petroleum and natural gas usme call on karenge aur hamare PSUs ke saath unki meeting bhi hai FICCI ek business event organise kar raha hai usmein private sector bhi participate karega. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Praveen ji, you asked about oil and gas in Guyana and to some extent Suriname is also looking at oil and gas cooperation. In Delhi, the President of India, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas of Guyana will call on him and he also has a meeting with our PSUs. FICCI is organizing a business event in which the private sector will also participate.

Manisha Ji, I think to a certain extent, you also mentioned what do we get back? He answered in the general context, but specific to Guyana and Suriname, oil and gas sector is a major sector for cooperation amongst others. Skill development, I think, was asked about and my colleague has already answered, but again in the bilateral context skill development is something which the President of Guyana is very keen on. He also wants a skilled Indian Manpower to be there in Guyana and contribute to the development of the country and capacity building is already a very integral part of our bilateral cooperation with both these countries.

Aditya aapne vaccine maitri ke baare mein pucha tha, apne dono rashtrapati guyana ke aur suriname ke jinhonne jab bola tha particularly guyana ke rashtrapati ne unhonne apne open speech mein unhone bola tha, abhaar vyakt kiya tha ki bharat ne unko vaccines di jis samay unhe vaccine kahin aur se nahi mil rahi thi aur ye jo sentiment tha jab woh pradhanmantri ji se mile aur rashtrapati ji se jab aaj woh mile, donon se unhone ye sentiment express kiya aur bharat ko iske lie dhanyavad diya. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Aditya, you asked about vaccine friendship, both the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname, who spoke, had said in their open speech, they expressed gratitude that India gave them vaccines at a time when they were not getting vaccines from anywhere else and this was the sentiment when they met the Prime Minister and when they met the President today, He expressed this sentiment to both of them and thanked India for it.

Kumar Rakesh:Mera naam Kumar Rakesh hai. Main Global Governance Group Delhi se hoon, sawal do hain lekin chhote se sawal hai matlab samahit hai usi mein, vyavasvtha ka sawal bhi hai, apne pehle bataya to maine thoda usko. ek toh saval hai karib 17van pravasi bharatiya divas hai, 3 ko chhod karke lagbhag maine 12-13 cover kiye hai, sabko follow bhi kiya hai. Ek sawal mujhe aaj tak jawab nahi mil paaya hai, main jawab ka talash kar raha hoon single window system for our pravasi bhartiya, uska kab kaise kya hua nidaan saath-saath doosri vyavastha hai ki hamari MEA ministry of external affairs ki jo vyavastha thi yahaan pe patrakaron ke liye aur logon ke liye meri khabar ke anusar usko pusht karenge suleman sahab kya usko side line karke sthaniye prashasan ke logo ne take over kiya. jiska hashr, jiska khamiyaja kal logo ne dekha, karib 800 se jyada pravasiye jo kal aaye the unko bahar rehna pada or local log andar the, kaun the? kya the ? isape suleman Sir prakash dalenge halanki mukhyamantri ne mafi mangi sarvajanik roop se lekin iska karan kya tha aur kyon hua aisa? dhanyavad ! (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) My name is Kumar Rakesh. I am from the Global Governance Group Delhi, there are two questions, but there is a small question, it means that there is also a question of business, you told it earlier, I told it a little bit. One question is that it is about 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, except for 3, I have covered 12-13 events, followed all. One question I have not been able to find an answer to it till date, I am looking for the answer to the single window system for our pravasiya bhartiya, how it will happen, as well as another system that was the system of our MEA Ministry of External Affairs, which was here for journalists and people according to my reports, Suleiman Sir will tell how it was side-lined and taken over by local administration. More than 800 migrants who came yesterday had to stay outside and local people were inside, who were they? What were they? Although the Chief Minister apologized publicly, what was the reason for this and why it happened? Thank you!

Sidharth: Main Siddharth Enadu TV se. Sir in donon deshon se khaskar rozgar aur nivesh ko lekar kitni sambhavana hai donon desho se, koi ek tentative figure ho ya is tarah se? (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) I am Siddharth from Enadu TV. Sir, how are the chances for employment and investment from these two countries, whether there is a tentative figure or something like this?

Deepak: Namaskar Sir Main Deepak hoon IBC24 News Channel se, is baar ke pravasi bharatiya sammelan mein Home stay ko kafi badhava diya gaya tha, jise ek naam diya gaya tha "padharo maare ghar" toh purane pravasi bharatiya sammelan se is baar ke is pravasi bharatiya sammelan mein jo nai unique cheej thi isko lekar kaisa dekhte hai videsh mantri? (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Namaskar Sir, I am Deepak from IBC24 News Channel, this time home stay was given a lot of boost in the Pravasi Bharatiya Conference, which was given a name "Padharo Mare Ghar", so how does the External Affairs Minister looks at the new unique thing that came in this Pravasi Bharatiya Conference and which was not there in the old Pravasi Bharatiya Conferences?

Akhilesh Suman:Sir, I'm Akhilesh Suman from Sansad TV. It is a mammoth task indeed. But do you have any database of all the Indian diaspora and NRIs who are living abroad and since we expect their contribution in our development. So is there any system mechanism you have created or you're going to create as follow up so that they can give their feedback, they can contribute on that basis.

Jeetendra Yadav:Sir main Jeetendra Yadav dainik jagran group se hoon. Sir pravasiy bharatiya ki 2-3 samasyaen unhonne abhi videshamantri se discussion kiya tha ek to ye ki dohari nagarikata ko lekar abhi tak koi unki samasya ka samadhan nahi hua woh lambe samay se maang kar rahe hain doosra Sir woh apne bachchon ko bharat men padhana chahte hain toh NRI seats badhaane ki plus usmen fees mein chhut dene ki maang kar rahe hain. Tisra unke budhe maa-baap jo bharat men teerth yatra karna chahte hain unko badi mushkil aati hai yahan India mein unko teerth yatra karane mein kyonki shayad visa or baki kuchh samasyaen hai, mujhe pata nahi hai woh kiss tarah ki samasyaen hai woh technically aap samajh payenge, bata payenge usko. (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Sir, I am Jitendra Yadav from Dainik Jagran group. Sir, there are 2-3 problems of the Indian diaspora which they have discussed with the External Affairs Minister. One is that no one has yet solved their problem regarding dual citizenship, they have been demanding for a long time. Secondly, if they want to teach their children in India, they are demanding to increase NRI seats and waive the fees. Thirdly, their old parents who want to go on pilgrimage in India, face great difficulty. Here in India, because there are probably visa and some other problems, I do not know what kind of problems they are facing, you will be able to better understand them technically and answer them.

Manish Upadhyay: Sir, one of my questions is asked by Jeetendra. My question is that during the interaction with the NRIs, they suggested that the venue of the PBD should be declared earlier so that they can plan it rather in a well-organized way.

Meghna Dev: Sir, Meghna Dev from DD News. Sir, we also spoke at the curtain raiser press conference of PBD. Can you elaborate more on India's Caribbean nation outreach. How have the bilaterals gone especially in terms when we were talking about the focus will be on energy and food security?

Sheetal Roy:Sir main sheetal roy hoon sampadak Kodand Garjna, main janna chah rahi thi ki hamare indore mein ya bharat mein jaise pravasi sammelan hote hain aur investor meet jaise hote hai jab invest ke liye jab companies aati hai uske baad jo process hota hai, iss department ki NOC, uski NOC, ye saari jo system se hokar gujarata hai toh finally kahin na kahin usko nirasha hoti hai. To, uske baad mein jo process hota hai usse unke nirakaran ke liye kyonki jab bahar se koi aata hai itna time nahi hota hai kyonki India ke log agar kuchh dalna chahte hain, kuchh bhi karna chahte hain. (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Sir I am Sheetal Roy Editor Kodand Garjna I wanted to know whether we have overseas conferences in Indore or in India and like investor meets. When these companies come to invest, the process that follows, the NOC of this department, NOC from there, all these things that go through the system, they are finally disappointed somewhere. So, the process that takes place after that to solve them, because when someone comes from outside, there is not enough time because if the people of India want to contribute something, the want to do anything.

Rajesh Joyal:My self Rajesh Goyal from Agniban, indore ka chayan videsh mantralaya ne kiya, bharat sarkar ne kiya, videsh mantralaya ka overall experience indore ko lekar kya raha? kis prakar ki mehman navazi aur jo thode bahut galatiyaan hui jo trutiyan hui, jo kal video viral huye to usko lekar kya ye thoda sa lesson bhi rahega taki is prakar ki sthiti aage vale sammelan mein nahi ho or koi action bhi lenge kya ismen? (Questioned in Hindi; Approximate Translation) My self Rajesh Goyal from Agniban, Indore was selected by the Ministry of External Affairs, the Government of India, what was the overall experience of the Ministry of External Affairs about Indore? What kind of hospitality and the few mistakes that happened, the errors that happened yesterday, which went viral yesterday, will there be a little lesson from it so that such a situation does not happen in the next conference and will any action be taken in this regard?

Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson: Got it. Thank you. Sir we'll quickly go through some of these questions.

Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA):Ok I think kafi questions hain to hamlog apne subject ke hisab se we will try and give you the thing han bilkul hamare mitron ko flight bhi pakadni hai to otherwise he will have to stay one more day. Toh, ek to single window ka aapne question kiya ki jitne paravasi 12-13 aapne attend kiye hai so jab ye ministry bani thi overseas Indian affairs to uske baad iska merger ho gaya external affair ministry mein to within the external affair ministry the OIA II division is the nodal division which looks after this. Now, jitne PBDs hue hain usmain jyadatar PBDs hue hain Delhi mein, 7 ya 8 hue uske baad bade-bade cities main toh uske ek thought process ye rahi sarkar mein ki jo paravasi bharatiy log hai unko dusre bharat ke mukhtalif jo cities hai unka bhi ek experience hona chahiye, isi liye ye partnership scheme you know start ki gayi taki mukhtalif state se hamlog partnership karte hain. PBD ke liye bhi karte hai or jo hamare division jo paravasiyon ke liye specialize program rakhti hai jaise "Know India Program" youth ka program hai usmein bhi jo hai state ke partnership ke hisab se hi kaam hota hai. So, this is a one good experimentation jis main aapne dekhe ki jo log yahan indore dekhne aaye woh ek aad jaisa aapne kaha ki 2nd day thoda you know utsah tha ki Prime Minister ko directly dekhe to uske alava aap dekhe to saare ke saare they are going with you know very positive impression of Indore. Last question aapne bhi usake baare mein poochha, specially they were very very pleased ki yahan ka culture bada vibrant culture hai aur cuisine aur you know bahut saari cheeze unako dekhane ke liye they actually many of them didn't know yahan dekhne ki hai aur uske liye kitna samay chahiye. To, yakeenan bahut saare logo ne kaha ki ye ek birds eye view mil gaya lekin aayenge jarur dobara or rediscover karenge so that has been the overall impression of the NRI's on that and of course ye jo home stay vala hai of course our friend will Suleman ji Additional Chief secretary will talk about this. But humko bhi jo feedback within the you know jo mila hai ki they were very happy ki bahut saare log home stay mein rehne valo ki tadad kafi jyada thi and they found this experimentation very unique kyon ki aate hi jis tarah se unaka svaagat hua aur usake baad jaise gharo mein lekar gaye aur gharo mein unko jis tarah se treatment hua it was very very unique this thing. So i think Indore shahar ka, Madhya Pradesh as a state saare iss event se I think it has raised the profile and it has raise they image of the local people is very hospitable and nice and kind people. (Answered in Hindi; Translated in English) Ok I think there are enough questions. So according to our subject we will try and give you the thing. Yes, of course our friends also have to catch the flight, so otherwise he will have to stay one more day. So, one, you have questioned the single window that you have attended 12-13 migrants, so when this ministry was created overseas Indian affairs, then it merged with the external affair ministry, then within the external affair ministry the OIA II division is the nodal division which looks after this. Now, most of the PBDs that have taken place have been in Delhi, 7 or 8, then in big cities, one of its thoughts processes is that the NRIs who are Indian people should also have a experience of the cities that are the main cities of other India, that is why this partnership scheme you know was started so that we partner with the respective state. We also do PBD and our division which has a special program for migrants such as "Know India Program" is a program of youth, which also works according to the partnership of the state. So, this is a one good experimentation in which you saw that the people who came here to see Indore, as you said that on the 2nd day, you know they were a little excited to see the Prime Minister directly, apart from that, if you see all of them, they are going with you know very positive impression of Indore. The last question you also asked about that, especially they were very pleased that the culture here is a very vibrant culture and cuisine you know a lot of things to see them, they actually many of them didn't know here and how much time is needed for that. So, of course, a lot of people said that they got a bird eye view but will definitely come again and rediscover so that has been the overall impression of the NRI's on that and of course this is the home stay of course our friend Suleman Ji, Additional Chief Secretary will talk about this. But the feedback within that you know that they were very happy, that many people were very happy that there were a lot of people lived in the home stay and they found this experiment very unique because the way they were welcomed as soon as they came and then took them to the houses and the way they were treated in the houses was very unique. So, I think Indore city, Madhya Pradesh as a state all prepared well for the event, I think it has raised the profile and it has raised the image of the local people as a very hospitable and nice and kind people.

Of course, when you organize a big event like this, there are always challenges of various kinds. But then I'm very happy to tell you that it was a very good partnership with the State government. Mr. Mohammed Suleman was the key person from the state of Madhya Pradesh but not only he but the entire local administration was very much part of this and they were not doing it as a duty it at any point of time, you could see hundreds of them spending their time and other things. Even the people you could just see the welcome which they were giving. So, I think we should ignore one or two small things which are there. When a big organization even aap ghar mein bhi dawat karte hai 50 logo ki 100 logo ki usmein aapko kitna tension ho jata hai usmein bhi possibility hoti hai lekin (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) When you organize feast at home for 50 people to 100 people, there is also a possibility there and how much tension you get from it but since it was big event, there is always a little challenge here and there. But if you look at the overall picture, I would always give it 100 on 100 because of the overall thing impression which the event had achieved and the objectives which we achieved.

Haan akhilesh ji you have talked about the database, now database is a very tricky issue kyon ki hota ye hai ki aap kanuni taur pe kisi bhi database ko rakh nahi sakte although we have the global vista portal which is now been launched, abhi-abhi you know kuch mahine pehle launch hua hai usmain takriban 35-36 hazar ke karib logo ne register kiya hai. We normally encourage the paravasi to register voluntarily kyon ki usse fayda kya hota hai aapne Ukraine mein dekha, kai aur jagah usse pahle vande bharat mission mein dekha. Agar registration ho to hamain pata chalta hai ki kaun log or kahan par hai aur kisi bhi emergency mein for us to give better service this is very very important, specially agar country bada hai aur usamen bahut saare shahar hai to apane bharatiy vasi har jagah hai kaam kar rahe hai specially in the gulf to agar data sahi na ho to humko reach out karne mein mushkil hoti hai. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Yes Akhilesh ji you have talked about the database, now database is a very tricky issue because it is that you cannot legally keep any database because we have the global vista portal which is now been launched, you know just a few months ago, in which about 35-36 thousand people have registered. We normally encourage the pravasi to register voluntarily because of what the benefit is. You have seen in Ukraine, many other places before that, Vande Bharat mission. If there is registration, we get to know who the people are where and in any emergency for us to give better service this is very very important, especially if the country is big and there are many cities in it. So, our Indians are working everywhere, especially in the gulf so if the data is not correct then we find it difficult to reach out.

So, our approach has been mainly to get the data voluntarily. And this is also one of the things which we are talking about, you know, when we are looking at revamping the immigration bill and other things, so how best we could encourage should we link this with some incentives like insurance scheme, or other things so that people come forward to register.
But at the end of the day, it is basically the people who have to register, in this case, some of the organization's Paravasi organizations do help us. Thank you.

Shri Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) :Meghna let me very quickly, I think you came in late. I spoke extensively on it. But let me sum up for you. We attach a lot of importance to our Caribbean outreach. Prime Minister had very good meetings with the both President Santokhi and President Irfaan Ali, both the meetings went well beyond the scheduled time. There was a lot of warmth in the meeting. And substantive discussions took place in these meetings. There was appreciation of the Prime Minister's leadership and it was conveyed that Caribbean region and the Latin American region would like to engage more with India and some discussions in this context also took place. Somebody asked about employment and investment, definitely employment and investment were part of the discussion. Investment aur Employment batchit mein aye or oil and gas sector mein investment ki sambhavna hai aur jo Guyana ka development projects honge uske liye skilled manpower ki jarurat hogi aur woh ek gateway hamare liye kholta hai aur ismen kafi batchit abhi concern ministry ke saath hogi. aur ye jaise ye arindam bol rahe hai digital, digital hi nahi, digital, agro, food processing, construction, infrastructure ye sab sectors mein vartalap hui aur Guyana ke rashtrapati aapka jo yahan pe indore mein economic zone hai vahan par bhi gaye aur uske baare mein rashtrapati ji se jab dopahar mein mile the to uske baare mein bata rahe the ki unke discussion jo companies ke sath hue bahut ache hue hai. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Investment and employment will come into the conversation and there is a possibility of investment in the oil and gas sector and the development projects of Guyana will require skilled manpower and it opens a gateway for us and a lot of talks will be with the concern ministry right now. And as Arindam was saying, not only digital, but there was a conversation in all these sectors, digital, agro, food processing, construction, infrastructure and the President of Guyana also went to the economic zone in Indore and when he met the President in the afternoon, he was telling about his fruitful discussions with the companies.

Shri Mohammed Suleman, Additional Chief Secretary of the government of Madhya Pradesh: About home stay, it was my understanding is ki kisi PBD mein pehli baar homestay ko prayog ke taur pe kiya gaya bahut sare logo ne homestay ka offer kiya usmein se kuch logo ko tarike se select bhi kiya gaya kyonki inake yahan homestay karaya ja sakega aur jinhonne homestay karaya unhonne literally har kuchh kiya apne gharo mein putai se leke, choice of food se leke, airport se, reception se leke bahut kuchh un logo ne kiya. jo log homestay mein rahe woh hotel se kahin jyada sukhi sthiti mein the mujhe yakeen hai ki homestay ka experiment jitna successful raha hai PBD ke agale charanon mein bhi shayad isaka upayog hota rahega. vaise to ausaf sahab ne bata diya about the question that the question Gentleman raised there dekhiye kya hai ki let's not say this key indori andar the aur NRI bahar thei indoriyon ne bahut kam kiya hai is organization ke liye unko dosh mat dijiye, dosh kuch tha to aap humko de sakte hai ki registration shayad 3 hazar se jyada tha aur hall ki capacity 2200 thi. jab unko kaha gaya ki jahan uper TV, humko pehle se pata tha ki kuch logo ke liye TV lagana padega logo ka utsah hota hai, unhone kaha TV pe dekhna hota to yahan kyon aate? to, obviously kuch logo ko dikkat hoti hai, asuvidha hoti hai, but i want to put it on record ki iska dosh kisi tarah sey kisi indori ka nahi hai, jo kami thi woh hamari taraf se thi, indoriyon ne to bahut mehnat se apna kaam kiya hai Thank you ! (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) About home stay, it was my understanding that for the first time in a PBD, homestay was used. Many people offered homestay, some of them were also selected in a way because they could be homestay done here and those who did homestay literally did everything in their homes, from paint in home,to choice of food, to the airport, to the reception, to a lot of them. Those who stayed in the homestay were in a much happier position than the hotel. I am sure that as successful as the homestay experiment has been, it will probably continue to be used in the next stages of PBD. By the way, Ausaf Sahab told about the question that the question gentleman raised, see what it is that let's not say that Indori was inside and NRIs were outside. Indoris have done a lot of work, do not blame them for this organization, if there was some fault, then you can blame us that the registration was probably more than 3 thousand and the capacity of the hall was 2200. When they were told that wherever the TV is above, we already knew that some people would have to install TV. People are excited, they said that if they wanted to watch on TV, why would they come here? So, obviously some people have problems, inconveniences, but i want to put it on record, it is not in any way the fault of any Indori, what was lacking was from our side, Indoris have done their work very hard. Thank you!

Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson: Thank you very much sir. Before closing

Thank you very much Sir before closing ek aapne jitin ji poochha tha ki dual citizenship, students, fees, old parents ki baat kar rahe the, dekhiye this is a question answer session, this are issue iss pe discussion chal rahe hain. aap jaisa jante hai or this are issue the ministry and as well as government of India and state governments are aware and this is not something ki immediately solve ho sakte hai par aapne ek aur naya mudda kaha, maine note kar liya hai similarly har event par hum sikhate hain jaise kisi ne suggestion diya tha ki venue of PBD early decide kar len, noted lekin kuchh hamare bhi majbooriyan hoti hai, situation change hote hai aap dekh rahe hain covid k haal pe bahut sare factors hote hain. (Answered in Hindi; Approximate Translation) Thank you very much Sir before closing A you asked Jitin ji that you were talking about dual citizenship, students, fees, old parents, see this is a question answer session, this is an issue. As you know and these are issues the ministry and as well as government of India and state governments are aware and this is not something that can be solved immediately but you said another new issue, I have noticed that similarly we learn at every event. As someone had suggested that the venue of PBD should be decided early, but some of our compulsions also have, the situation changes, you see that there are many factors like COVID.

So let me end on that note what Suleman sir also said and Secretary also said that is great event maybe one even there are some difficulties, but on the whole if you ask somebody, why don't you ask people ask them the response. Sir please.

Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA): One thing I would like to say, when you had so much gathering and we had taken all precautions relating to COVID. In anticipation, there were ambulances. There were testing facilities and everything but touchwood we didn't have any major health related emergency, major medical emergency, you know, there was one incident of some minor medical thing which was immediately attended to by the local doctors. So, I think that all goes to show the micromanagement which has gone into planning this event and to make it a success in Indore. I would once again reiterate that we got full support from the administration, you know, local administration, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Doctors of Indore, and the Municipal Administration. So, because of that, as we are speaking today, we are declaring this event as a very successful event in all respects. Thank you very much.

Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson: Thank you very much Sir. Thank you for all for joining us today evening. May I now thanks, Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Saurabh Kumar Sir, Dr. Md. Suleman Sir and Manika Jain for being here. And before I end can I just say thank you very much from our side to our partners in the public relations department of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Ragvender Ji and team, and all of you for making the successful. Thank you. Good evening!