Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is leading a large business delegation on a three-city tour of India from August 24-27.
The Liberal Democrat leader and coalition partner in the UK government is in Delhi, and will visit Mumbai and Bangalore with a focus on expanding trade in aerospace, retail and education sectors.
His travel comes after the recent visit by Chancellor George Osborne and former Foreign Secretary William Hague who had come on a two-day trip to India looking to open up opportunities for UK.
Clegg said he was keen on reaching out to the Indian government and seek out new opportunities to deepen, widen and enrich the already strong commercial relationship that exists between the two countries. India and UK currently have a bilateral trade of $16 billion with a potential to increase it to $22 billion.