britain invested 247 billion in india almost three times more than for example the 86 billion from germanyand this brings real benefits today british companies employ about one in 20 of all workers in indias formal private sector in the other direction indian investment created or safeguarded 11664 jobs in the uk last yearso far indian companies have raised over 15 billion of masala bonds some 80 of these were listed in london reflecting investor confidence in the indian economy and the status of london as the worlds premier financial centrelast november our two pms brought together hundreds of british and indian companies at the tech summit in delhi and later this year indian business delegations in advanced manufacturing electric automotive life sciences and creative industries will travel to the ukthis illustrates as brightly as the white cliffs of dover or the taj mahal on a sunny day that india and the uk are taking forward our ambitions for the good of our respective peoples in the 21st centuryq what kind of relationship do you envisage the uk having with india postbrexita britain and india are the worlds oldest and largest democracies we cherish the same values and we work together to make the world a better place one of the reasons why i argued in favour of leaving the eu was that i wanted a global britain to strengthen our friendships with countries beyond europe particularly indiaour countries benefit from a unique living bridge of people ideas institutions and technology the uk is blessed with over 15 million people of indian descent many of them leaders in business politics academia medicine and the arts twelve mps of indian origin serve in the house of commonsi very much hope that prime minister modi will accept our invitation to attend the commonwealth summit in london next april over half of the commonwealths population is indian and the summits official theme towards a common future is particularly relevant to indiaq how much is a postbrexit free trade deal with india worth if a bilateral trade deal was agreed what value of exports could britain export to indiaa we want the strongest possible economic and commercial relationship with india our bilateral trade in goods and services exceeded 16bn in 2016this is good but we can do better thats why were taking a range of steps to strengthen britains trading ties with india the joint economic and trade committee jetco jointly chaired by the uks secretary of state for international trade and the indian commerce minister has commissioned an analysis of our trading relationship jetco has also created a new joint working group on trade to prepare for a more ambitious trading relationship once we leave the euq whats your assessment of the rohingya refugee problem do you think aung suu kyi is rightly being criticised for her indifference to their plighta the situation in burma is unacceptable the latest assessment suggests that over 500000 rohingya have fled rakhine state in