Modi’s visit could see pacts on migrants, Ayurveda centre

Modi’s visit could see pacts on migrants, Ayurveda centre

Context

CHOGM meeting & Indian PM’s bilateral visit to the U.K.

Issues to be discussed at CHOGM

• Explore ways of raising intra-Commonwealth trade from around $525 billion in 2015 to around $700 billion by 2020

Bilateral visit

• A memorandum of understanding on the return of illegal migrants to India, previously agreed and relating to an issue that Britain has repeatedly raised, will be formally signed
• Other agreements set to be reached include one on the setting up of an Ayurveda research centre in the U.K
• The treatment of religious minorities in India and the detention of Jagtar Singh Johal, a British citizen who remains in custody in India after being arrested last year