India to showcase space, IT might at Dubai Expo 2020

India will get a permanent place to do business at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai that kicks off next year. The India pavilion, on which the country is spending around Rs 230 crore, will be a permanent structure that will be retained after the expo gets over in April 2021.

India’s trade with the UAE is expected to get a further boost at the Expo 2020, which will also generate employment opportunities and promote tourism between India and other participating countries. The World Expo 2020 opens on October 20, 2020 and closes on April 10, 2021.

The India-UAE bilateral trade, which remained at $180 million in 1970s, has since grown enormously reached to $60 billion in 2018-19. India is now UAE’s largest trading partner and UAE is India’s third-largest.