Yangon, Myanmar: The Indian government has decided to grant gratis visa to the citizens of Myanmar (Burma) while travelling to India. This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the members of Indian community in the Burmese capital on Wednesday evening.
A gratis visa means that the Burmese citizens will not be charged any fee for the visa while travelling to India.
The Indian Prime Minister emphasized the strengthening of socio-cultural relations and people to people contact with Burma in his speech. Modi also announced the release of 40 Burmese nationals being held as prisoners in Indian jails.
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The PM also announced the upgradation of Imphal – More section of the road connecting Manipur with Burma to give a fillip to the trade between two countries.
Modi in his speech said that India worked with the policy of spreading gains of development to other countries of the region and the launch of South Asian satellite was a step in that direction.
Talking about the progress made by Indian economy, Modi said that demonetization had led to cleansing of the system and registration of more than two lakh shell companies used for transferring black money had been cancelled in the last two months.
On roll out of GST, the PM said that the government had registered more companies in two months than were done over the last six years.