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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday met Boeing Defense CEO Ted Colbert and discussed opportunities for investments and growth in maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) and aircraft leasing in India. The Finance Minister is visiting the US to attend IMF-WB Spring Meetings 2022. "Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman met Mr Ted Colbert, President & CEO @BoeingDefense, to discuss opportunities for investments and growth in #MRO and aircraft leasing," the finance ministry said in a tweet. Colbert mentioned that Boeing is expanding its India operations and is committed to the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. He also expressed that due to the reforms undertaken by the government, India has the potential to become a global MRO hub. On the sidelines of IMF-WB Spring Meetings, she also met COP26 President Alok Sharma here. "Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman and Rt. Hon. @AlokSharma_RDG discussed #climate #action #goals and ongoing and potential interventions to ...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has met senior executives of American aerospace and defence majors Boeing and Raytheon and asked them to take advantage of policy initiatives in India to steadily march from Make in India' towards Make for the World'. Singh along with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in the US capital on Sunday to attend the India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue in Washington on Monday - the first under the Biden administration. "Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh met with the US aerospace & defence majors Boeing and Raytheon after reaching Washington DC. He exhorted the companies to take advantage of policy initiatives in India to steadily march from Make in India' towards Make for the World', " the Defence Ministry tweeted on Monday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will host Jaishankar and Singh for the 2+2 ministerial on Monday. To be held under the shadow of the Ukrainian crisis, the 2+2 ministerial is reflective of