Singapore Prez: India Emerging Major Pole for Global Economy

SINGAPORE President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Saturday said India is emerging as a major pole for the global economy and poised to move up the ladder due to its demographics, development process and significant potential as an export economy.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Bhubaneswar

Interacting with the media during his visit to Odisha, Tharman said, in a multi-polar world, India aspires to be a pole in its own right, "that's true geopolitically and also economically."

Tharman said India and Singapore are now on a new plane of cooperation. "India is a nation that we would like to collaborate with," he said, wrapping up his two-day visit to Odisha with a visit to Bharat Biotech vaccine manufacturing unit in Bhubaneswar.