Nikki Haley Seeks Strong Business Ties With India, Visits Golden Temple

Monday, 17 November 2014, 23:27 IST
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"Boeing's leading manufacturing plant is in our state and soon BMW's South Carolina plant would also be their leading plant. So is the case of various top tyre manufacturers of the world like Michelin, Bridgestone, Continental etc. It is so easy to do business in South Carolina. 60 percent of the new investments in South Carolina are from the existing businesses in the form of expansion," she said.

Nikki Haley had met Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday evening. During the meeting, Haley told Badal that South Carolina would support Punjab in establishing aero-space, pharma-sector, tourism and agro-processing industries.

Haley, whose father's family used to live in Verka suburb of Amritsar till the early 60s before migrating to the United States, arrived in Amritsar on Friday. She offered prayers at the holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple.

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Source: IANS