Just as the
Indian Prime Minister set his feet on the soil of South Korea, he started a new
epoch of bilateral cooperation between two heavyweight nations of the world
which is slated to become one of the best and biggest cooperation between any
two nations.
Indeed
Indian Prime Minister has made a very crucial decision to take up South Korea
as one of his biggest priorities because there is hardly any other nation out
there which can assist India and strike up a great partnership as much
extensively as South Korea.
If we talk
about the period of 1960s then South Korea was one of the poorest nations of
the world but as the “Miracle of Han River” unfolded the world just saw this
great nation with an open mouth and today India stands on the same side of the
history. Though India’s condition today is still much better than the 1960’s
South Korea but still we are still a long way behind the aims that we have in
our mind.
Today South
Korea has an overall trade of $18 billion USD with India which bilateral investments
range to around $4 billion USD and around more than 450 Korean companies are
completely well established in India. South Korea is now a champion in
manufacturing industry. With world famous companies like Samsung, Hyundai and
LG electronics it is hardly behind any other nation in terms of its
manufacturing capability and as Mr. Modi wishes to transform India into a
manufacturing hub, he can surely take assistance from South Korea. Moreover as
South Korea has more than 85% of its total investments, in the manufacturing
sector in India, this fact can be heavily exploited in order to help India see
the success of “MAKE IN INDIA” campaign…. South Korea is also a master in
vocation training and skill development programs and hence can be a great
source of mentor for India which has just started out on this venture in order
to produce a well-qualified workforce in the nation.
The other
thing is “Digital India” program. South Korea can help our this program too
immensely. Today South Korea is a completely tech-savvy nation with around 97%
people having broadband connections and also having world’s highest number of
internet subscribers and hence this nation can amount very significantly in
filliping India’s “Digital India” program sans any doubt.
Mr. Modi’s
third plan of smart cities can also find South Korea as a reliable partner
because Songdo, world’s first smart city is in South Korea only. South Korea’s
rich experience in maintenance and construction of smart cities can be
certainly of huge benefit for India.
All in all
we can’t find a better partner than South Korea if we want to move up and
transform India into a vibrant country. Today we just need to focus on our ties
with this wonderful nation and work for the best.
JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI
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