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Noting that India seeks to tap the wellspring of
Indian creativity and enterprise from around the world, Singh
said his government was committed to cementing a "new bond of
mutually-beneficial collaboration" between India and the
people of Indian origin around the world.

"Our ability to do so will depend on our ability to
forge partnerships, on the one hand, and our ability to
provide the proper environment for the flowering of such
partnerships at home," Singh said at the event attended by
Indian-origin Ministers, MPs and business leaders of Trinidad
and Tobago.
"I want all those people of Indian origin who have
never been to India to make a pilgrimage and discover the new
creative India that is in the making. I invite you to make use
of investment and business opportunities that India now
offers," the Prime Minister said.
Referring to the education sector, Singh said there
was time when the Indian gurukul system and universities at
Takshila, Nalanda and Nagarjuna were the envy of the world.
"Even after independence, Indian colleges and
universities continued to attract students from all over the
world. In the last 20 to 30 years, we have lost ground both
because both because we failed to incentivise our institutions
to become global players and foreign universities became more
aggressive in marketing," he said. MORE PTI AKK
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