Indian diaspora launches ‘Mission 2022’

The three million strong Indian diaspora in the US has launched “Mission 2022” in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industries to make US-India partnership a defining partnership of the 21st century.

The Mission 2022 will have a series of dialogues with the diaspora over the next seven years as India turns 75. These dialogues would be held every six months. Highlighting the significant positive change taking place within India, CII president Sumit Mazumder invited the diaspora to invest in India’s transformation, avail the immense opportunities available today and be part of the mutual growth story.

Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman applauded the vision of President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and highlighted the significant deepening of commercial ties between the two nations and their businesses.

Stressing the positively evolving commercial relationship between the countries, both Sitharaman and US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker invited the business community to help shape and deepen the economic relationship still further.

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A diaspora is a large group of people with a similar heritage or homeland who have since moved out to places all over the world.