RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2568
TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018
PERMISSION FOR STATE MINISTERS TO VISIT CHINA
2568. SHRI RITABRATA BANERJEE:
Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that Government is not allowing elected Chief Ministers and other Cabinet Ministers of State Governments to go on a visit to China;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the details of Chief Ministers and other State Ministers visiting China during the last three years?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
[GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]
(a) to (c) There are no restrictions on the travel of Chief Ministers and Ministers of State Governments to the People’s Republic of China. On the contrary, under an institutional arrangement between Ministry of External Affairs and the International Department
of the Communist Party of China, visits of Chief Ministers of Indian States to China are proactively facilitated in order to promote contacts at the level of provincial leaders and with senior functionaries of the Communist Party of China.
Among the Chief Ministers and Ministers of our States, who have visited China since 2015, include:
Chief Ministers:
|
S. No.
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State
|
Minister
|
Period of Visit
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Andhra Pradesh
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Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu
|
April 2015
|
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Gujarat
|
Smt. Anandiben Patel
|
May 2015
|
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Maharashtra
|
Shri Devendra Fadnavis
|
May 2015
|
|
Telangana
|
Shri K. Chandrashekhar Rao
|
September 2015
|
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Haryana
|
Shri Manohar Lal Khattar
|
January 2016
|
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Chhattisgarh
|
Shri Raman Singh
|
April 2016
|
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Andhra Pradesh
|
Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu
|
June 2016
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
|
June 2016
|
Ministers of States:
|
S. No.
|
State
|
Minister
|
Period of Visit
|
|
Telangana
|
Shri Jupally Krishna Rao, Minister of Industries
|
September 2015
|
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Telangana
|
Shri G. Jagadish Reddy, Minister of Energy
|
September 2015
|
|
Punjab
|
Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister
|
May 2016
|
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Madhya Pradesh
|
Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Minister of Commerce and Industry
|
June 2016
|
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Maharashtra
|
Shri Girish Bapat, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
|
January 2018
|
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Maharashtra
|
Shri Pandurang Fundkar, Minister of Agriculture
|
January 2018
|
|
Bihar
|
Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Minister of Water Resources
|
April 2018
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