‘Indian diaspora contributes 6% to United Kingdom’s economy’

Ambassador retired former high commissioner of India to the UK and Chief Information Commissioner of India, Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, gave a lecture on India-UK relations in the contemporary context. Sinha highlighted the historical ties between India and the UK dating back to 400 years ago during the reign of Jehangir, and also mentioned the increasing globalised world. He said that although India now is a system maker and not just a system taker, since India overtook the UK as the fifth largest economy few months ago.