Visit of the Indian

Delegation to the Russian

Far East – 12 & 13 August
2019
OVERVIEW (1/2)
Indian delegation led by Shri Piyush Goyal, Commerce & Industries Minister to visit
Vladivostok, Russia on 12-13 August 2019

# Sectors for Cooperation Dignitary to Lead Officials to be Associated

Mining (2) Shri Pramod Sawant Sh. Puneet Kumar, PS (Power), GOA
1
Fisheries (0) Hon’ble CM of Goa Sh. Amit Saran, Dir. (Mines), GOI

Sh. Devender Singh, ACS (Ind.) Har.

Petroleum, Gas (19)
2 Rare Earth (1)
Hospital & Healthcare (5)
Shri Manohar Lal Khattar Sh. Ashish Chaterjee, JS, MoPNG
Hon’ble CM of Haryana Sh. K.K. Mohantee, Dir. IREL, DoAE
Sh. S. Mubashir, Sci.-G, DST

Sh. S.N. Sahay, SS, MoP

Agriculture (10)
3 Food Processing (6) Shri Yogi Adityanath Sh. Sudhir Garg, PS (Food Pro.), UP
Hon’ble CM of UP Sh. Ashish Bhutani, JS, MoA
Power (8)
Dr. Behra, EA, MoFPI

* Industry Participation from each sector in Brackets ()

OVERVIEW (2/2)
Indian delegation led by Shri Piyush Goyal, Commerce & Industries Minister to visit
Vladivostok, Russia on 12-13 August 2019

# Sectors for Cooperation Dignitary to Lead Officials to be Associated

Mining, Processing & Trade of Diamond & Sh. Manoj Das, PS (CM) Gujarat
Gold (1) Shri Vijay Rupani Sh. Ravinder, JS, DPIIT
Forestry (0) Hon’ble CM of Gujarat, Sh. P. Dasgupta, DS, DPIIT
4 Timber Imports to India (7) Mr. Chavda, M.P. Kuchh Sh. S. Ranjan, DS, DoC
Ceramics (15) Ms. Bharti, IG, MoEF
Pharmaceuticals (0) Sh. H. Mishra, CCF, Govt. of Assam
Tourism (3) Sh. Bhushan Gagrani, PS (CM) Mah.
Supply of Indian Manpower (2) Shri Devendra Fadnavis Sh. G. Bhushan, EA, MoT
Coal (0) Sh. L.K. Ganguly, MoT
5 Hon’ble CM of Maharashtra
Ship Building (0) Sh. Mahender Pratap, DS, MoC
Technical Education (1) Ms. J. Sitlingh, JS, MSDE
Sh. Manish Kumar, MD, NSDC

* Industry Participation from each sector in Brackets ()

SUGGESTED ITINERARY (Russian Side): AUGUST 12TH
Time Event
10:00 Plenary Session
10:00-10:10 Opening remarks by Mr. Yuri Trutnev

10:10-10:20 Welcome remarks by Mr. Piyush Goyal

10:20-10:30 Welcome Remarks by Mr. Sergey Tyrtsev
Speeches by the representatives of the Russian Far East regions on cooperation opportunities in
10:30 – 11:15 the Region
- Kamchatka Region (coal industry)
- Sakhalin Region (oil and gas industry)
- Amur Region (agriculture)
- Khabarovsk Region (TBC) (timber industry)
- Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (diamond field)
- Republic of Buryatia (TBC) (tourism)

11:15 – 12:00 Speeches by the representatives of the States of India

- Goa
- Uttar Pradesh
- Haryana
- Maharashtra
- Gujarat

13:00 – 14:00 Official lunch reception

SUGGESTED ITINERARY (Russian Side): AUGUST 12TH
14:00 – 16:30 Sectoral sessions with the participation of business circles & officials
Session 1: Metals, Minerals, Diamonds, Gold
Session 2: Oil and Gas, Power
Session 3: Timber, Pulp & Paper
Session 4: Agriculture, Food processing, Fisheries
Session 5: Healthcare, Hospital, Pharma
Session 6: Tourism
Session 7: Education & IT
16:30 – 19:30 B2B meetings / G2B meetings
20:00 PM Reception on behalf of the Indian delegation

SUGGESTED ITINERARY (Russian Side): AUGUST 13TH

Time Event
10:00 – 14:00 B2B meetings
 
14:30 – 15.00 Closing Session
 
Closing Remarks by Mr. Sergey Tyrtsev, First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the
Russian Far East and the Arctic zone
 
Closing Remarks by Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India
 
EXPECTATIONS FROM THE STATES
• Mobilize the industry of identified sectors from across the the
State for investments into Russian FER

• Remarks by Hon’ble CM on 12th August 2019

• Presentation to be made on the 12th August 2019

• Explore the possibility of an MoU ( DPIIT has shared the

information on the opportunities in the Far East)
EXPECTATIONS FROM GOI MINISTRIES

• Mobilize the industry from across the country in the

respective sectors for investments into Russian FER

• Explore Possibility of MoU’s in respective sectors

• Assist State Governments in preparation of

content for collaboration & interactions
EXPECTATIONS FROM INDUSTRIES

• Explore Possibilities of Investments in the Far East Region of

Russia

• Hold Specific outcome oriented B2B and B2G dialogue for

collaboration on identified projects

• Complete groundwork for possible MoU’s by August End

Expected OUTCOMES - EEF 4-6th September 2019

• Signing of MoUs between Central Ministries of Govt.

of India & Russian Counterparts

• Signing of MoU’s between Indian States & Russian

Regions

• Firm commitments by businesses for Investments by

Indian Companies in Russian Far East
Logistics (1/3)
• Political Clearance for official delegation received

• DPIIT will communicate Government approval of the official

delegation

• All GOI Ministries, State Governments to issue their own

sanctions/deputation orders. Costing details already shared with
GOI Ministries & State Governments.

• All GOI Ministries, State Governments to finalize travel plans, book

tickets & communicate to Indian Embassy and DPIIT
Logistics (2/3)
• Accommodation and transport has been arranged by Embassy
of India for entire delegation including industry. State Govt.
and industry delegates to make payments to Indian Embassy
directly. FICCI to coordinate for Industry.

• DPIIT shall coordinate room allotment for whole delegation.

• Indian Mobile phones on International roaming work in

Vladivostok. For government officials local sim can be provided
by the Embassy of India.
Logistics (3/3)

• Indian Vegetarian food is being arranged by the Embassy

of India

• No Visa required for Diplomatic & Official Passports.

• For Personal Passports, E-Visa needs to be applied for.

Details already shared with GOI Ministries, State
Governments & Industry
POTENTIAL SISTER STATE
PARTNERSHIPS

Suggestions by DPIIT for exploring investment

opportunities between the Indian states and Russian Far
East Federal Districts
Potential partners: Gujarat
# Sister state Project
1 Sakha Republic MoU to source rough diamonds
(Yakutia) 96% of the rough diamonds is mined by
Alrosa (largest diamond company in the
world) from this province
 

2 Primorsky Krai MoU to set up a diamond cutting and

polishing unit
The province has developed a Eurasian
SAKHA
REPUBBLIC Diamond Center on the free territory of
the Free Port of Vladivostok. The center
will be a cluster to process and trade
rough diamonds.

PRIMORSKY
KRAI
Potential partners: Maharashtra
# Sister state Project
1 Buryatia MoU to set up hotels/resorts to accommodate
increasing tourist flow to visit Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world’s deepest and largest
freshwater lake by volume.
60% of the shoreline of Lake Baikal lies in this
province.

2 Primorsky MoU to set up of Casino resorts at the

Krai entertainment zone to accommodate
MAGADAN increasing tourist flow to Vladivostok.
MoU on Cruise Tourism: Growth potential of a
tourist flow due to cruise tourists up to 500,000
p.a. with a spend of USD 200M.

3 Magadan MoU for Mining of Gold and Silver

Maximum gold deposits and second highest
silver deposits in the region. Rich resources of
KHABAROVSK
KRAI
other metals such as Tungsten, Tin, Zinc and
Lead.

BURYATIA
PRIMORSKY 4 Khabarovsk MoU for Mining of Coal
KRAI Krai Maximum amount of coal reserves – 1.65 billion
tons of approved reserves
Potential partners: Haryana

# Sister state Project

1 Sakha Republic MoU to import timber and pulp
(Yakutia) This province has the largest timber
reserve by volume and diversity.

2 Khabarovsk Krai MoU to import timber and pulp

This province has the largest harvests of
SAKHA
REPUBBLIC
timber products by volume and diversity.

KHABAROVSK
KRAI
Potential partners: Uttar Pradesh

# Sister state Project

1 Amur Oblast MoU for Crop Production, Dairy
Farming, Oilseeds Processing
Largest agricultural land bank in the
region – 2,734,000 hectares (1,574,000
hectares is arable land)

AMUR OBLAST
Potential partners: Goa
# Sister state Project
CHUKOTKA
1 Magadan MoU for Fisheries
AUTONOMOUS One of the highest catchment points for
OKRUG fish by volume and variety which have
high commercial value.

MAGADAN 2 Khabarovsk Krai MoU for Mining of Coal

Maximum amount of coal reserves – 1.65
billion tons of approved reserves

3 Chukotka MoU for Mining of Coal

Autonomous Highest predicted reserves of 634 million
Okrug tons of coal. Second highest approved
reserves – 240 million tons of coal.
KHABAROVSK
KRAI
Potential partners: Assam

# Sister state Project

1 Khabarovsk Krai MoU to import timber and pulp
This province has the largest harvests of
timber products by volume and diversity.

2 Sakhalin Region Already has an MoU with Sakhalin

Region on Trade-Economic, Scientific-
Technical and Humanitarian
Cooperation. Agreement was signed
during SPIEF May 2018 for exploring joint
projects.
SAKHALIN

KHABAROVSK
KRAI
Thank You