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3/27/06

Deccan Herald: Dutch MPs visit B’lore, India

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Dutch MPs visit B’lore, India

The Netherlands may give a fresh look at its rigid immigration laws with the objective of attracting skilled foreign manpower to develop the country as a major “Euro-Asian gateway” for knowledge and service sectors. Recognising the importance of India as a rapidly emerging global base for IT and IT-enabled services and as a source of skilled manpower in knowledge sectors in pursuing the objective, a high-level Dutch parliamentary delegation of floor leaders headed by Speaker F W Weisglas is currently on a “study” trip to the country.

The 26-member delegation that also includes representatives of various media organisations in Holland will concluded its week-long familiarisation visit in Bangalore where it spend two days. The Dutch parliamentarians have chosen India for their once-in-two-years’ visit of the kind in view of “the steadily growing international role and stature of India.

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