FM Sitharaman pitches India as gateway for Canadian investors, highlights GIFT City, UPI for deeper financial collaboration
She will discuss macroeconomic trends, investment opportunities and financial cooperation with Canadian business leaders and CEOs as India seeks deeper ties.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in Toronto to launch the inaugural Economic and Financial Dialogue with Canada's National Revenue Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, strengthening the economic pillar of the India-Canada partnership.
- Both Canada and India have recently prioritized cooperation in energy, critical minerals, and resilient supply chains, with ongoing discussions targeting a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to deepen bilateral trade ties.
- Sitharaman is holding one-to-one meetings with senior Canadian business leaders and executives from Indian public sector banks to explore financial-sector collaboration, investment linkages, and interact with the local Indian diaspora.
- The United States leg of the visit includes stops in Chicago and New York, where Sitharaman will participate in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, on August 31 and September 1.
- Addressing investors in Chicago on Friday, Sitharaman emphasized India's growth and urged global firms to "Manufacture in India- for India and for the world," leveraging the nation's engineering talent and technology ecosystem for long-term investment.
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Union Finance Minister pitches "Manufacture in India for the World" at Chicago business roundtable
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman addressed a high-level Business Roundtable with leading investors and business leaders in Chicago, focusing on opportunities across manufacturing, AI and digital, financial services, infrastructure, food processing, defence, and advanced technologies.
FM Sitharaman pitches India to Canadian investors, seeks deeper investment flows
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman met leaders of CPPIB, Ontario Teachers’ and Canaccord Genuity in Toronto, seeking deeper Canadian investment in Indian infrastructure, technology, critical minerals and other growth sectors.
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Fastest-growing India has scale, growth and a young population, Sitharaman tells Canadian investors
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged Canadian investors to tap India’s fast-growing economy, highlighting its scale, young population, expanding consumption, digital infrastructure and deepening capital markets. She also stressed opportunities in fintech, payments and financial services, as India and Canada strengthen economic ties through CEPA negotiations, uranium cooperation and plans to more than double bilateral trade by 2030.
‘India, Canada most natural partners; bond goes deeper than any trade pact’: Nirmala Sitharaman
The Finance Minister arrived in Toronto on Tuesday for a four-day official visit to Canada, aimed at boosting bilateral trade, investment linkages, and financial cooperation.
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