Toronto: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched for investments for India as he met Canadian bankers and pension fund managers, winding up his three-nation tour before flying back home on Friday.
The Canadian businesspeople conveyed to Modi that demand to do business with India has gone up exponentially and India was now on top of their list.
Canada is the last leg of Modi’s three-nation tour, during which he has pushed the ambitious “Make in India” initiative and signed several agreements, including a deal on the supply of uranium to power India’s civilian nuclear programme.
In the Canadian capital Ottawa, India’s National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) on Wednesday signed 13 memoranda of understanding with 12 Canadian educational institutions, including nine colleges, NSDC said in a statement.
On Wednesday evening, Modi connected with thousands of cheering Indians at a rock-star event at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto as he promised to “clean up” the “dirt” left behind by the previous government and said there is new atmosphere of trust in India.People cheered when Modi, while referring to his mission to clean India and root out corruption, said in Hindi:”Jinhone gandgi karni thee, woh kar ke chale gaye. Lekin hum safai kar ke jayenge (Those who created scams and dirt have now gone, we will clean up the mess”). Modi was accompanied by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the stage. In a repeat of the Madison Square Garden event, Modi had the crowd in raptures. In an around-hour-long speech in Hindi, amid chants of “Modi, Modi” by the crowd, he said that the new government has brought about a change in people’s mindset. (IANS)
