David Cameron hails Narendra Modi's leadership

Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi former British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said India is fortunate to have a leadership with a clear vision but greater focus is needed on developing skills and infrastructureIndia is fortunate to have a leadership with a clear vision When I met Prime Minister Modi I saw he had deeply thought about longterm problems Cameron said in reply to a question at the Annual General Meeting of the Indian Chamber of Commerce hereEarlier in his speech Cameron lauded Modis flagship programme Skill India but pointed out that such goals cannot be achieved by the government initiatives aloneHe recalled that IndiaBritain relationship was one of the priorities during his premiership and hoped India would continue to open upTerming India as the land of opportunities which has one of the fastest growing economy of its size Cameron said the prosperity of countries like India and the UK depends upon markets to operate and enterprises to flourishBritain became a successful economy through its desire to trade invest sell and innovate while India by setting its enterprise free was able to lift 150 million people out of poverty in just two decadesIndia is one of the largest economy and is said to be one of the fastest growing economy of its size for its further development the country should focus more on development of infrastructure and skill development he saidNoting that there was a growing pressure to break trade barriers Cameron suggested India remain focused on the possibilities and determine its policies accordinglyCameron termed protectionism and isolationism in trade as major barriers to a countrys growth and stressed on the importance of free trade between nations for sustainable economic developmentSuch tendencies perceive free trade as a bad thing It is as if someone at some point is winning and so another person has to be losing But it does not necessarily have to be that way Free trade is the key to a nations success he saidNo one in the G20 invests more in India than the UK and there is no bigger foreign investor in the UK than India We are proud of that because we benefit from each others success he pointed outTalking about the USChina trade war Cameron said instead of starting a trade war the UK aims to trade more with the communist giant and have a better business relationshipCiting the example of South Korea that imparts skill training to 98 per cent of its students compared with 68 per cent in the UK and just two per cent in India Cameron said countries like India and the UK need to invest more in skills developmentCameron also hoped that India would soon become a member of the United Nations Security CouncilCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever