NEW DELHI: India is far from the island states of the Pacific, but digital technology renders such distances meaningless, say Col. Sandeep Shaligram and Rajeev Sharma, both from India who live and work in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Stratnews Global caught up with them on The Gist for a perspective on Narendra Modi’s visit. In their view, the Pacific islands and PNG can benefit from India’s Digital Public Goods such as Aadhar and the Unified Payments Interface.
Col. Shaligram, a former Indian Army officer who is the CEO of the Pacific International Hospital in Port Moresby, said PNG has vast acres of arable land that India could cultivate. Sharma, CEO of the Superannuation Fund, said Indians were involved in setting up PNG’s taxation system, and Indian teachers have had a long association with local education.
Both were dismissive of China’s role and influence in the Pacific islands, pointing out that Australia remained the main giver of aid and other assistance.
Tune in for more in this chat on Modi’s visit to PNG.
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Very informative and useful information and discussion. These islands people have to be more integrated with India through family ties. The planning should be for 100 years ahead. It is now possible for India.
India and Indians should engage more in these areas
Why you people have not mantioned health sector?
Interesting insights. Sports and agriculture are fantastic common grounds.
Thank you Stratnews
There is no discrimination in India i disagree with that, there are lots of black people study here who are constantly called blackie, people constantly make fun of them and look down on them
even northern people in India get treated like they are not from India. So first our people have to be accepted of other peoples
Complement StratNews for the interview. I have lived and worked in PNG for more than 4 years. The first thing we should note of PNG is that it is a very resource rich country, being in the geographical area called 'Ring of fire'. Hence, whatever mineral you look for, whether it is gold, silver, petroleum or anything else, is available there. This has been recognised by other countries like China, US, Japan, China etc and hence are active there. The point is India is yet to be active and serious to the desired extent despite it having had a first mover advantage. It was the Indian Civil Servants who had trained and guided the civil service of PNG when it became independent in 1975. Indians had also helped them to establish Medical School, University etc. So when PNG had declared a 'North Look' policy in early 2000s to reduce their dependence on Australia, they had India in mind. But as it often happens, India was slow to react and China entered the scene with alacrity. India has to do much catching up now. India can also help them in Agriculture to a great extent as also in human resources development. Instead of the Government of India doing all the spade work which may not materialize, it should devise a mechanism by which the individuals and corporates from India can identify areas of interest and get involved in the development of PNG benefitting both the parties.
India should work to make PNG an ally and build a win win relationship and eventually bring them into our friends circle. They will also benefit from protection from Indian military so we should help them by establishing our navy there to protect them
Modi ji is killing middle class people of India
Modi is not a champion, he is a comedian, he is sucking the business of entrepreneurs
End of modi ji will that of mussolini of Italy, wait time will answer
The Western powers like super ugly Brittain caused a lot of suffering in India and on the Pacific islands. We have a lot in common