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India-Zimbabwe to Cooperate in Science & Technology, Agro and Renewable Energy – JCM to be Held This Year
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....ndia-Zimbabwe to Cooperate in Science & Technology, Agro and Renewable Energy – JCM to be Held This Year <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 25-2-2011<br><BR>Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry 24-February-2011 19:25 IST India-Zimbabwe to Cooperate in Science & Technology, Agro and Renewable Energy - JCM to be Held This Year Zimbabwe Minister Meet....
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....s Anand Sharma In a bilateral meeting between Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Mr. Tendai Biti, Finance Minister of Zimbabwe, here today, both sides noted the possibilities in science and technology cooperation, particularly in appropriate technologies in agriculture, agro-processing and renewable energy. Shri Sharma noted India's continued interest in education and ca....
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....pacity building programmes in Africa and in Zimbabwe in particular, through the "India-Zimbabwe SME Project" and by sponsoring Zimbabweans for study programmes under the ITEC and other courses. Shri Sharma conveyed India's interest in cooperation with Zimbabwe in mining, power generation, railways, ICT and agricultural sector in Zimbabwe. In his interaction with the visiting Minister, Shri Sharma....
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.... informed that in the final phase of the Indo-Zimbabwe Small & Medium Enterprises Project, experts from India visiting Zimbabwe over a two year period to train Zimbabweans in operation and maintenance of the machines and technologies gifted to Zimbabwe. Shri Sharma, during the meeting, stated that the Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) between the two countries has not met since 1996 and expressed th....
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....e hope that with the interest displayed by both sides, it would be possible to hold the next Meeting of the Joint Commission this year. He further noted that India's long-standing engagement with Africa, including the India-Africa Summit in April 2008 and the forthcoming India-Africa Forum Summit in May 2011. India's exports to Zimbabwe during 2009-10 were US $ 49 million and imports from Zimbabw....
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....e to India were US $ 21 million. Major items exported by India to Zimbabwe are drugs, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals; machinery & instruments; electronic goods; transport equipments, etc. Major items imported by India from Zimbabwe are non-ferrous metals; raw cotton, crude minerals, pearls, precious semi-precious stones, etc. ************** DS/MRS<BR> News - Press release - PIB....