Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be in Singapore and Hong Kong on a four-day visit, beginning Friday, during which he will meet top leaders and investors from the two global financial centres.
In Singapore, Jaitley will give a talk on “India: A heaven of opportunity in globally challenging times” and meet Prime Minister lee Hsien loong and other leaders of the city nation, Finance Ministry said in a statement.
He would also be holding bilateral meetings with Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, and K Shanmugam, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore.
Jaitley would attend meetings with prominent investors and fund managers in Singapore, including Temasek and GIC, the Singapore-government owned wealth funds.
He will have talks with the Pension Funds regarding their participation in National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), being promoted by the Indian government, it said.