Abolition of FIPB to ease flow of FDI is a good move which will speed up the process

Budget's fiscal consolidation efforts will lead to stable economic growth of the country

Rs 10 lakh crores as credit to farmers is a good news for the agri and allied sector players

However, plans to improve 'Lifeline' will offer better future for logistics sector, says Areef Patel

Hike of 20.62% shows that government expects several large acquisitions to be initiated in FY18

It lays out some ambitious targets, but falls short on long term vision, says Dr Dharminder Nagar

Paris

Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Geneva
9, Rue Du Valais,
1202 Geneva, Switzerland.

Telephone: 00-41-22-9068686
Fax: 00-41-22-9068696
E-Mail: mission.india@ties.itu.int
Website: www.pmindiaun.org

Ambassador/PR to UN
Dilip Sinha
Deputy Permanent Representative to UN
Kheya Bhattacharya

Embassy of India, Pyongyang
6, Munsudong, District Daedonggang,
Pyongyang, DPR Korea.

Telephone: 00-850-2-3817215, 3817274, 3817275 (R - Amb), 3817530 (R - FS/HOC)
Fax: 00-850-2-3817619
E-Mail: amb.pyongyang@mea.gov.in(Amb), hoc.pyongyang@mea.gov.in (HOC)

Ambassador

Second Secretary & HOC
R. K. Aherwar

Honorary Consulate General of India
B. P. 3364, Enface de Mamica
A. V. Banda, Pk-4, Bangui
Republique Centrafricane.

Telephone: 00-236-70804343
E-Mail: NA

Honorary Consul General of India*
Pankaj Girdharilal Tewani

Embassy of India, Washington DC
2107, Massachusetts Ave. NW,
Washington DC 20008, USA.

Telephone: 00-1-202-9397000
Fax: 00-1-202-2654351
E-Mail: indemwash@indiagov.org
Website: www.indianembassy.org

Ambassador
Ms. Nirupama Rao
Deputy Chief of Mission
Arun K. Singh

Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi
Plot No. 10, Sector W-59/02
Diplomatic Area, Off-Airport Road,
PO Box No.4090,
Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Telephone: 00-971-2-4492700, 4447729
Fax: 00-971-2-4444685, 4447768 (Consular)
E-Mail:amboffice@indembassyuae.org (Ambassador's office),hoc@indembassyuae.org (Gen),commerce@indembassyuae.org (Eco & Com Wing),cons@indembassyuae.org (Consular Wing), edu@indembassyuae.org (Education Wing)help@indembassyuae.org (Community Welfare Wing)
Website:www.indembassyuae.org

Ambassador
M.K. Lokesh
Deputy Chief of Mission
Ms. Namrata S. Kumar

Embassy of India, Kyiv
20-B, Maxima Berlinskogo Street,
Kyiv - 01901,
Ukraine.

Telephone: 00-380-44-4686661, 4686219, 4687032
Fax: 00-380-44-4686619 (Chancery), 4687025 (MNA)
E-Mail: india@public.ua.net (General),amb.kyiv@mea.gov.in (Ambassador), hoc.kyiv@mea.gov.in (HOC), cons.kyiv@mea.gov.in (Consular Section),com.kyiv@mea.gov.in (Eco & Com Section)
Website: www.indianembassy.org.ua

Ambassador
Rajiv K. Chander
Counsellor
Azar A.H. Khan

Embassy of India, Ankara
77, Cinnah Caddesi,
Cankaya,
06680-Ankara,
Turkey.

Telephone: 00-90-312-4382195 to 98 [4 lines]
Fax: 00-90-312-4403429, 4399323
E-Mail: chancery@indembassy.org.tr (Admn & Protocol), fscons@indembassy.org.tr (FS Cons), ambassador@indembassy.org.tr (Ambassador), dcm@indembassy.org.tr (DCM), fspi@indembassy.org.tr(FS Commercial & Hoc), da@indembassy.org.tr (Defence Attache)
Website: www.indembassy.org.tr

Ambassador
Susmita Gongulee Thomas
Deputy Chief of Mission
A.V.S.Ramesh Chandra

Embassy of India, Ashgabat
International Business Centre,
Y, Emre 1, Mir 2/1, PO Box No.80,
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Telephone: 00-99-312-456152 / 53 (Chancery General Numbers)
Fax: 00-99-312-452434 / 456156
E-Mail: indembhoc@online.tm (SS HOC), indianamb@online.tm (Ambassador), indembcomm@online.tm (Commerce), indembadm@online.tm (Admn), indembinfo@online.tm (Information Section)
Website: www.indianembassy-tm.org/

Ambassador
Sunil Jain
First Secretary
R.D.S. Sroha

High Commission of India, Port of Spain
No. 6, Victoria Avenue, PO Box 530,
Port of Spain.
[*Con.acc. to Grenada (St.George s), Dominica (Roseau) and Montserrat (Plymouth)].

Telephone: 001-868-627-7480/7481
Fax: 001-868-627-6985/5731/4652
E-Mail: hc.pospain@mea.gov.in, hcipos@tstt.net.tt, hoc.pospain@mea.gov.in, ssci@hcipos.org
Website: www.hcipos.org

High Commissioner*
Malay Mishra
Second Secretary
M.P. Bhardwaj

Embassy of India, Damascus
3455, Sharkasslyeh,
Ibn Al Haltham Street,
Abu Rumaneh, PO Box No.685,
Damascus, Syria.

Telephone: 00-963-11-3347351 / 52, 3347900
Fax: 00-963-11-3347912, 3345711
E-Mail: hoc.damascus@mea.gov.in (General), cons.damascus@mea.gov.in (Consular), com.damascus@mea.gov.in (Commercial), info.damascus@mea.gov.in (Information)
Website: indianembassysyria.com

Ambassador
V.P. Haran
First Secretary
Bharat Kr Tayal

Embassy of India, Berne
Postfach 406,Kirchenfeldstrasse 28,
CH-3005, Berne, Switzerland.
[*Con. acc. to Holy See (Vatican) and Liechtenstein (Vaduz)].

Telephone: 00-41-31-3501130 (Chancery PABX), 3501139(Commercial Section, 3501138(Administration Section)
Fax: 00-41-31-3511557
E-Mail:india@indembassybern.ch (General), hoc.berne@mea.gov.in (HOC), ambassador@indembassybern.ch (Ambassador), political@indembassybern.ch (DCM)
Website:www.indembassybern.ch

Ambassador*
Ms. Chitra Narayanan
Ambassador** (Designate)
Rajesh N.Prasad
Deputy Chief of Mission
Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad

Embassy of India, Paramaribo
No.221, Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat,
PO Box No.1329, Paramaribo.
[*Conc. acc. as HC to Barbados, St. Lucia, St.Vincent & the Grenadines]

Telephone: 00-597-498344, 531448, 531449
Fax: 00-597-491106, 499382
E-Mail:india@sr.net (General & Attache Admn),ambindia@sr.net, amb.paramaribo@mea.gov.in (Ambassador), hoc.paramaribo@mea.gov.in (FS HOC)
Website:www.indembassysuriname.com

Ambassador-Designate
M.Subashini
Counsellor & HOC
Ram Lal Negi

High Commission of India, Colombo
36-38, Galle Road,
Colombo 3, Sri Lanka.

Telephone: 00-94-11-2327587, 2421605, 2422788 / 89
Fax: 00-94-11-2446403, 2448166
E-Mail: hoc.colombo@mea.gov.in (HOC), info.ihc@sltnet.lk (Information & Culture), pol.colombo@mea.gov.in (Political), hc.colombo@mea.gov.in (High Commissioner), dhc.colombo@mea.gov.in (Dy. High Commissioner)
Website: www.hcicolombo.org

High Commissioner
Ashok K. Kantha
Deputy High Commissioner
P.Kumaran

High Commission of India, Pretoria
852 Schoeman Street, Arcadia 0083,
Pretoria, South Africa (PO Box40216 Arcadia 0007, Pretoria)
[*Con. acc. to Kingdom of Lesotho (Maseru)].

Telephone: 00-27-12-3425392 to 95
Fax: 00-27-12-3425310
E-Mail: hcida@hicomind.co.za (DA), polinf@hicomind.co.za (SS HOC), hciadmn@hicomind.co.za (Attache Admn), indiahc@hicomind.co.za (High Commissioner), dhc@hicomind.co.za (Dy. HC)
Website: www.indiainsouthafrica.com

High Commissioner*
Virendra Gupta
Deputy High Commissioner
T.Armstrong Changsan

Embassy of India, Bratislava
Dunajska 4,
811 08 Bratislava,
Slovak Republic.

Telephone: 00-421-2-52962915 / 16
Fax: 00-421-2-52962921
E-Mail: eindia@slovanet.sk (General), hoc.bratislava@mea.gov.in (HOC), eindia.com@stonline.sk (Commerce), eindia.consular@stonline.sk (Consular), amb.bratislava@mea.gov.in (Amb)
Website: www.indianembassy.sk

Ambassador
Rajiva Misra
Second Secretary & HOC
VPS Kaul

Embassy of India, Belgrade
Ljutice Bogdana 8, Belgrade 11040,
Republic of Serbia

Telephone: 00-381-11-2661029, 2661034, 2664127,367-4210
Fax: 00-381-11-367-4209
E-Mail: indemb@eunet.rs, ssindemb@eunet.rs, amb.belgrade@mea.gov.in, hoc.belgrade@mea.gov.in
Website: www.embassyofindiabelgrade.org

Ambassador*
Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya
First Secretary & HOC
Naveen Saxena

High Commission of India, Singapore
India House, 31 Grange Road,
Singapore-239702.
Tanglin P.O. Box No.92,
Singapore-912304.

Telephone: 00-65-67376777, 62382538 (Outside office hours)
Fax: 00-65-67326909
E-Mail: hc@hcisingapore.org, hcoffice@hcisingapore.org, dhc@hcisingapore.org, da@hcisingapore.org, admin@hcisingapore.org, hoc@hcisingapore.org, fscom@hcisingapore.org, fseco@hicsingapore.org, fscons@hcisingapore.org
Website: www.hcisingapore.com

High Commissioner
Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan
Deputy High Commissioner
T. Namgyal
Deputy High Commissioner (Designate)
Rudra Gaurav

Honorary Consulate General of India, Freetown
Post Box No. 26, 5 Rawdon Street,
Freetown, Sierra Leone.
[*Under jurisdiction of Embassy of India, Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire]

Telephone: 00-232-22-22452 / 5, 224340, 223659, 225521, 225143 (O), 231050, 230836 (R), +00-44-7711742136 (M)
Fax: 00-232-22-226343
E-Mail: kanazad@hotmail.com, tcsfreetown@yahoo.com, harishagnani@yahoo.com

Honorary Consul General*
K. Azad

Embassy of India, Riyadh
B-1, Diplomatic Quarter,
P.B.No.94387, Riyadh-11693,
Saudi Arabia.

Telephone: 00-966-1-4884144, 4884691, 4884692, 4834254, 4884697, 4881982 (24 hour Help Line)
Fax: 00-966-1-4884750 (Chancery), 4804764 (Commercial)
E-Mail: amb.riyadh@mea.gov.in, dcm.riyadh@mea.gov.in, pol.riyadh@mea.gov.in, cons.riyadh@mea.gov.in, hoc.riyadh@mea.gov.in, com.riyadh@mea.gov.in, def.riyadh@mea.gov.in, wel.riyadh@mea.gov.in, pol1.riyadh@mea.gov.in, cul.riyadh@mea.gov.in, adm.riyadh@mea.gov.in
Website: www.indianembassy.org.sa

Ambassador
Hamid Ali Rao
Deputy Chief of Mission
Manohar Ram
Deputy Chief of Mission (Designate)
Sibi George

Embassy of India, Moscow
6-8, Ulitsa Vorontsovo Polye
(Obukha), Moscow, Russia.

Telephone: 00-7-095-7837535 (10 lines)
Fax: 00-7-095-9163632, 9172285
E-Mail:ambassador@indianembassy.ru (Ambassador),dcm@indianembassy.ru (DCM),fshoc@indianembassy.ru (HOC), admin@indianembassy.ru (Admin)
Website:www.indianembassy-moscow.gov.in

Ambassador
Ajai Malhotra
Deputy Chief of Mission
Sandeep Arya

Embassy of India, Bucharest
183, Mihai Eminescu Street,
Sector 2, Bucharest-020078, Romania
[*Con. acc. to Albania (Tirana) and Moldova (Chisinau)].

Telephone: 00-40-21-2115451, 6190236
Fax: 00-40-21-2110614 (General) / 2118715 (Ambassador)
E-Mail: office@embassyofindia.ro (General), fscom@embassyofindia.ro (Commercial), amb@embassyofindia.ro (Ambassador)
Website: www.embassyofindia.ro

Ambassador*
M. Manimekalai
First Secretary & HOC
Arun Kumar Sharma

Consulate General of India, Saint Denis
266, Rue Marechal Leclerc,
97400 Saint Denis, Reunion Island.
[*Also administrative/consular jurisdictionfor Mayotte(Mamoudzou)]

Telephone: 00-262-262-417547 / 48
Fax: 00-262-262-210170
E-Mail:hoc.reunion@mea.gov.in
Website:www.cgireunion.gov.in

Consul General*
George Raju

Embassy of India, Doha
Villa no M-12, Street no-42
Wadi AI Neel, Old Hilal Area
Doha(Qatar)

Telephone: 00-974-44255777, 44255700 (After office hours)
Fax: 00-974-44670448 (General), 44672684 (Consular)
E-Mail: ambassor@qatar.net.qa, amb.doha@mea.gov.in (Amb), indembdh@qatar.net.qa (General), hoc.doha@mea.gov.in (HOC), indfscom@qatar.net.qa (Commercial), cons.doha@mea.gov.in(Consular)

Ambassador
Sanjiv Arora
First Secretary & HOC
P.S.Sasi Kumar

Montenegro [*Under jurisdiction of Embassy of India, Austria].


E-Mail: emb.vienna@mea.gov.in
Website:www.eoivienna.gov.in

Ambassador
Rajiva Misra
(Resident in Vienna, Austria)

Embassy of India, Oslo
Niels Juels Gate 30,
0244,
PO Box No. 2823
Solli, 0204 Oslo (Norway.)

Telephone: 00-47-24115910 / 24115916/ 24115912
Fax: 00-47-24115912 / 24115929(Consular)
E-Mail: hoc@indemb.no (Chancery), consular@indemb.no, cs@indemb.no (Commercial), ambassador@indemb.no(Amb), hoc@indemb.no(HOC), commerce@indemb.no(Commercial)
Website: www.indemb.no

Ambassador
R.K. Tyagi
Head of Chancery
P. Balachandran

High Commission of India, Abuja
15, Rio Negro Close, Off Yedseram
Street , Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria
[*Con. acc. as Amb to Benin, Chad, Cameroun and as PR to ECOWAS].

Telephone: 00234--7080622800-4(5 Lines)
Fax: 00234-7080622805
E-Mail: hc.abuja@mea.gov.in (HC), dhc.abuja@mea.gov.in (DHC), def.lagos@mea.gov.in (Defence Wing), hoc.abuja@mea.gov.in (HOC), info.abuja@mea.gov.in, trade.abuja@mea.gov.in (Commerce), cons.abuja@mea.gov.in (Consular)
Website: www.indianhcabuja.com

High Commissioner*
Mahesh Kumar Sachdev
Deputy High Commissioner
S.K. Makhijani

Embassy of India, Niamey
Embassy of India
Ambassades (AM), Rue AM-14
Kouara Kano
BP 201 Niamey

Telephone: 00-227-20370029-30, 00-227-20370108 (Ambassador s Office)
Fax: 00-227-2020370116
E-Mail: amb.niamey@mea.gov.in, hoc.niamey@mea.gov.in

Ambassador*
Y.P. Singh
Second Secretary & HOC
V.K.Sharma

Honorary Consulate General of India, Managua
Plasticos Modernos, Km.3 1/2,
Carretera Norte, Managua, Nicaragua
[*Under jurisdiction of Embassy of India, Panama].

Telephone: 00-505-2483505 (O) / 2657795 (R)
Fax: 00-505-2490667
E-Mail:alacayo@financo.us
Website:www.indianembassyinpanama.com

Honorary Consul General*
Mr. Emilio Daboub
Mr Alejandro Lacayo

Embassy of India, Lisbon
Rua Pero da Covilha,
No.16, Restelo,
1400 Lisbon, Portugal.

Telephone: 00-351-21-3041095/99
Fax: 00-351-21-3016576
E-Mail: amb@indembassy-lisbon.org (Amb), pstoambassador@indembassy-lisbon.org (Amb s office), hoc@indembassy-lisbon.org (HOC), consular@indembassy-lisbon.org (Consular), commercial@indembassy-lisbon.org (Commercial), main@indembassy-lisbon.org (General), administration@indembassy-lisbon.org (Admn),

Ambassador
B.B.Tyagi
First Secretary & HOC
Nandkishor Pamwar

Embassy of India, Lima
Avenida Salaverry 3006,
Magdalena Del Mar,
Lima-17, Peru.
[*Concurrently accredited as Amb to Bolivia (La Paz)].

Telephone: 00-51-1-4602289, 2616006, 4610371
Fax: 00-51-1-4610374
E-Mail: hoc@indembassy.org.pe (HOC), ambassador@indembassy.org.pe (Amb), consular@indembassy.org.pe (Consular), commercial@indembassy.org.pe (Commercial)
Website: www.indembassy.org.pe

Ambassador
Manpreet Vohra
First Secretary & HOC
Rakesh Malhotra

Honorary Consulate General of India, Asuncion
Avda. Esuebio Ayale 3663, Km.4,
Asuncion, Paraguay.
[*Under jurisdiction of Embassy of India, Buenos Aires, Argentina]

Telephone: 00-595-21-660111 / 14
Fax: 00-595-21-660115
E-Mail:jz@acisa.com.py,marcela.encina@acisa.com.py
Website:www.indembarg.gov.in

Honorary Consul General*
Mr. Javier Zucolillo

Honorary Consulate of India, Curacao
c/o Boolchands Free Zone, Lood Dl-1
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.
{For Netherlands Antilles & Arbua} [*Under Emb of India, Caracas].

Telephone: 00-5999-4612262 (O), 4610331 (R), 4612263 (F)
Fax: 00-5999-4614345
E-Mail:ram-boolchand@gmail.com
Website:http://www.eoicaracas.gov.in/

Honorary Consul*
Ramchand D. Boolchand Nandwani

Embassy of India, The Hague
Buitenrustweg-2, 2517 KD,
The Hague, Netherlands.

Telephone: 00-31-70-3469771
Fax: 00-31-70-3617072
E-Mail: cpembind@bart.nl (General / FS Pol & HOC), ambassador@indianembassy.nl (Ambassador)
Website: www.indianembassy.nl

Ambassador
Bhaswati Mukherjee
Deputy Chief of Mission
Raj Kumar Singh

Embassy of India, Rabat
88, Rue Oulad Tidrarine
Souissi, Rabat, Morocco.

Telephone: 00212-537635801, 537635802, 537635803
Fax: 00212- 537 634733, 537634734
E-Mail:amb.rabat@mea.gov.in (Amb),hoc.rabat@mea.gov.in (HOC), india@menara.com (RTI applications), cons.rabat@mea.gov.in (Consular),com.rabat@mea.gov.in (Commercial)
Website:www.indianembassyrabat.com

Ambassador
Shri Krishan Kumar
First Secretary (Com.&Cons.)
Shri Sarvjit Singh
Second Secretary (ITEC) & HOC
Shri Girish Juneja

High Commission of India, Port Louis
6th Floor, LIC Building,
President John Kennedy Street,
Port Louis, Mauritius.

Telephone: 00-230-2083775 / 76, 2080031, 2111400
Fax: 00-230-2086859
E-Mail: hicom.ss@intnet.mu (HC), hicomdhc@intnet.mu (DHC), hicomcc@intnet.mu (Counsellor Comm), hicompol@intnet.mu (SS Pol & Eco), coined@intnet.mu (HOC), hicomedu@intnet.mu (SS Education), hicombc@intnet.mu (Business Centre), indhse@intnet.mu (India House), igcic@intnet.mu (IGCIC)
Website: indiahighcom.intnet.mu

High Commissioner
T.P. Seetharam
Deputy High Commissioner
Prashant Pise

Honorary Consulate of India, Nouakchott
ASML Group, Alkaima City Centre 7th
floor, 10 Rue Mamadou Konate,
PO Box 2823, Nouakchott [*Under Embassy of India, Bamako(Mali)].

Telephone: 00-222-45241111 (O & R)
Fax: 00-222-45255795
E-Mail: amouhidine@asmlgroup.com

Honorary Consul*
Mr. Mouhidine Ahmed Saleck

Embassy of India, Antananarivo
4, Lalana Rajaonson Emile,
Tsaralalana, PO Box No.1787,
Antananarivo. [*Con. acc. as Amb to Union of Comoros (Moroni)].

Telephone: 00-261-20-2223334, 2227156
Fax: 00-261-20-2233790, 2260081
E-Mail:indesecamb@blueline.mg (Amb),amb.aanarivo@mea.gov.in (Amb),indembmd@blueline.mg (General), hoc.aanarivo@mea.gov.in (HOC),indcomsec@blueline.mg (Commercial)
Website:www.embassyofindia.mg

Ambassador- Designate
Manju Seth
Second Secretary and Cd'A, a.i.
Sukhvinder Singh

Honorary Consulate of India, Skopje
Kemofarm Doo, Boca Ivanova bb,
Skopje 1000, Macedonia(Republic of)
[R]: Skupi 6, No.33, Skopje 1000.
[*Under Embassy of India, Sofia].

Telephone: 00-389-2-2603604, 26033616 (O), 3090600 (R), +70204025 (M)
Fax: 00-389-2-2603649
E-Mail: krste.isirov@kemofarm.com.mk (O & R)
Website: www.kemofarm.com.mk , www.indembsofia.org

Honorary Consul*
Mr. Krste Isirov

Honorary Consulate General of India, Luxembourg
25B, Boulevard Road, B.P. 282,
L-2012, Luxembourg.
[*Under jurisdiction of Embassy of India, Brussels (Belgium)].

Telephone: 00-352-473886
Fax: 00-352-222584
E-Mail: jim.penning@legalex.lu
Website: www.indembassy.be

Honorary Consul General*
Mr. Jean Pierre (JIM) Penning

Honorary Consulate General of India, Monrovia
Vai Town, Bushrod Island,
PO Box No.10-3717, 1000, Monrovia,
10, Liberia. (R) India House, Mamba
Pt., Monrovia (*Under E/I Abidjan)

Telephone: 00-231-6-510144, 4-721721
E-Fax: 00-320-3234378
E-Mail: jeetytrading@awli.net, jeetytrading@yahoo.com

Honorary Consul General*
Upjit Singh Sachdeva

Embassy of India, Budapest
Buzavirag Utca 14,
1025 Budapest, Hungary.
[*Concurrently accredited as Amb to Bosnia & Herzegovina (Sarajevo)].

Telephone: 00-36-1-3257742 / 43
Fax: 00-36-1-3257745
E-Mail: chancery@indianembassy.hu (General), pstoamb@indianembassy.hu (Amb office), amb.budapest@mea.gov.in (Amb), hoc@indianembassy.hu (HOC)
Website: www.indianembassy.hu

Ambassador*
Gauri Shankar Gupta
First Secretary
Sushil Kumar Singhal

Embassy of India, Bishkek
15-A, Aeroportinskaya Street,
Bishkek - 720044, Kyrgyzstan.

Telephone: 00-996-312-549214, 595756 and 541450, 595764 (After office hours)
Fax: 00-996-312-543245, 595763
E-Mail: hocap@elcat.kg (HOC), sscons@infotel.kg (SS Cons), ambap@elcat.kg (Amb), indembas@infotel.kg (SS Pol & Com)

Ambassador
Vacant
Second Secretary
B. C. Pradhan