MUMBAI: Britain will introduce same-day visa service for Indian businessmen wanting to invest there, Prime Minister David Cameron announced as he sought a “special relationship” between the two countries, saying it is about the future for which sky is the limit.
Out to woo Indian students, Cameron also said there would be no limit on the number of students from here studying in his country.
“I want Britain and India to have a special relationship….this is a relationship about the future, not the past,” Cameron said in his interaction with the staff of Hindustan Unilever, the Indian unit of British consumer products’ giant, Unilever.
Cameron also announced his country would introduce a same-day visa service for businessmen, in an effort to encourage Indian businesses to invest in Britain.
“We have the biggest visa operations anywhere else in the world right here in India.
I announce that we are going to introduce for businesses a same-day visa service to those who want to come to our country and invest…,” Cameron told India Inc at Hotel Taj, the country’s hospitality icon.
The British premier, whose visits comes amidst the raging storm over AgustaWestland chopper deal, described India as one of the “great phenomena” of the century whose enormous growth is going to make it the third largest economy by 2030.
Proud that Tatas make JLR.
Cameron said he is proud of the fact that an Indian company Tata Motors makes Jaguar and Land Rover “that are taking the world by storm”, even as he pitched for further opening up of India’s insurance and banking sectors.
He made this remark while asserting that Britain is one of the most open and “incredibly welcoming” economies.
Addressing the staff of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) at the company’s headquarters here, Cameron said: “Britain is an open economy and we encourage investments…. We should be having a conversation, which we will have with the Indian Government about opening up the Indian economy.
“Trying to make it easier to do business here, allowing insurance and banking companies to do more foreign direct investment into the Indian economy.”
-PTI
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