Amsterdam: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday called for deeper India-Netherlands cooperation by combining Dutch technology with Indian talent, scale and entrepreneurship, while urging businesses and professionals to strengthen investment, research and trade linkages between the two countries, news agency ANI reported.

Source: ANI via Daily Prabhat

Addressing an Indian diaspora event in Amsterdam, Goyal invited Dutch technology professionals and academics to connect their research institutions with Indian laboratories, universities and startups, emphasising the need to translate the two countries' strategic partnership into tangible economic opportunities, ANI said.

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"It is time to convert this strategic partnership and combine Dutch technology with Indian talent, with Indian scale, with Indian entrepreneurship," Goyal said, according to ANI.

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2047Year by which India aims to become a developed nation, cited by Goyal
RotterdamPort city Goyal named as a launchpad for Indian brands across Europe

He called on chartered accountants to help Indian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) seeking to expand their presence in the Netherlands and the European Union, and to facilitate Dutch investments in India. "I invite our fraternity of chartered accountants [to] become the trusted guide for Indian MSMEs who may be wanting to work in the European Union or Netherlands. Attract Dutch firms who may be wanting to invest in India," he said, ANI reported.

Source: ANI via NewKerala

Goyal further urged business leaders of Indian origin in the Netherlands to use the country as a gateway for Indian brands seeking to expand across Europe. "Make Netherlands a launchpad and take Indian brands from Rotterdam all across Europe," he said. He also emphasised preserving India's cultural identity and traditions as the country pursues its ambition of becoming a developed nation by 2047, ANI reported.

Source: ANI via NewKerala