
Biggie Bulale, the Assistant Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry says Botswana and India have signed a number of bilateral agreements in several sectors ranging from education, agriculture to Defence and the two continue to enhance those relations. Butale said this on Friday during the Business to Business meeting between Engineering Exports Promotion Multi Product Trade delegation from India and local business people. He said their visit will provide platform for small enterprises, stating that to fulfill the goal of vibrant micro and small enterprise sector there should be a sustainable technology driven and commercially viable target export market with strong manufacturing cater. India’s High Commissioner to Botswana, Dr Ketan Shukla said India’s manufacturing sector has the potential to touch US$1 trillion by 2025. He said there is a potential for the sector to account for 20-30 percent of that country’s GDP and create 90 million domestic jobs by the same year. “Business conditions in the Indian manufacturing sector continue to remain positive,” said the Indian envoy. The sector is said to have emerged as one of the high growth sectors in India buoyed by Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative which is aimed at putting India on…