INDIA: Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will leading a business delegation of CII to Russia later this week to participate in an economic forum where ways to boost trade and investment between the two nations would be discussed The St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2015 will be held at St Petersburg, Russia from 18-20 June.
Along with her counterpart Alexey Ulyukaev, Sitharaman will also address the Russia-India Business Round table, CII said in a statement It said huge potential exists between the countries to boost trade and investments.”India and Russia can achieve US $30 billion bilateral trade target by 2025,” it added. The areas which have the potential to increase cooperation include oil and gas, nuclear energy, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automotives, heavy engineering and machinery; it said India has received only US $1.05 billion foreign direct investment from Russia during April 2000 and March 2015.
