Why india is tense about russia - ukraine War?
Due to the attack by russia on ukraine, the concerns of indian families have increased in many parts of the country. Thousands of indian students and people of indian origin studying in universities of different cities of ukraine have been trapped due to the attack. About 18,000 indian students study in Ukraine. Apart from this, there are about 8,000 indians, most of whom are NRIs.
The indian Embassy in Kyiv issued an advisory this morning, stating that due to the closure of Ukrainian airspace, special flights have been stopped. Other arrangements are being made for the evacuation of indian citizens. The embassy told the indians that it would inform them about moving people to the western part of Ukraine.
Along with this, the embassy has asked the gathering indians to keep an eye on the social media handle and website of the embassy. Along with this, they have also started an embassy helpline, whose numbers are - +38 0997300483, 0997300428, 0933980327, 0635917881, 0935046170
India ukraine Business
Talking about trade between india and ukraine, India-Ukraine trade has touched $2.35 billion during the 9 months of April-December 2021-22 in FY 2022. At the same time, it was expected that this figure would cross the business figure of $ 2.73 billion this year, but now this has not been possible yet.
In 2020-21, India's total trade with ukraine was valued at $2.59 billion, with imports alone at $2.14 billion. india is the 15th largest exporter and second-largest importer to ukraine in the pharma sector in the year 2020. At the same time, ukraine is the 23rd largest exporter and 30th largest importer country for india in the same region.
In the year 2020, india exported pharma (32.7%) and electrical machinery (7.8%) to Ukraine. On the other hand, the items imported by india from ukraine were vegetables and oil (73.3%), fertilizers (10.6%), nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery (5.2%).
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