The document summarizes Qatar-India relations. It notes that bilateral trade has increased significantly in recent years. Key areas of cooperation include energy (LNG imports to India), infrastructure projects by Indian companies in Qatar, and a large Indian expatriate community, estimated at 500,000 people. High-level visits between leaders of the two countries have further strengthened the strategic partnership.

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2.  People go diving for pearls or fishing for fish
and then sell them to get money to feed their
family

3.  People often bring animals with them so when
there are no seas to go fishing in, they eat the
animals. They bring animals such as Camels,
Sheep, Goat, and many more.

4.  Qatar has more new stuff. The most biggest
change it seems are the buildings. There are
more fancy hotels everywhere! The Zig-Zag,
the four seasons and sooo many more!

5.  The Qataris used  Camels were used to
boats for pearl diving, ride across desert, to
fishing etc. carry goods etc

6.  The Qataris clothing has not changed much
more. The men’s clothing is called thoub and
the women’s is called abaya.

7.  Shri Manishankar Iyer Minister of Petroleum (
Nov.2005)
 Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India
(9-10/11/2008 )
 Dr. Farooq Abdullah Minister of New and
Renewable Energy (12-14/3/2010)
 Shri Murli Deora Minister of Petroleum &
Natural Gas(22-24/4/2006, 28-30/10/2007,
16/12/2009)

8.  Shri Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce,
Industry and Textile(22-23/4/2012)
 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Minister of Petroleum &
Natural Gas(4-6/12/2011 )
 Shri Praful Patel Minister of State for Civil
Aviation(4-5/1/2011 )
 And many more…..

9.  Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani Emir of the
State of Qatar(13-15/5/2005, 8-9/4/2012)
 Mr. Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (19-
21/6/2005)
 Mr. Yousuf Hussain Kamal Minister of
Finance(5/10/2006, 3/3/2011)
 And many more….

10.  India has a long history of friendly relations
with Qatar marked by commercial ties and
people to people contacts.
 The relationship today is rich, close and multi-
dimensional.
 A number of steps have been taken to further
strengthen and expand bilateral relations.

11.  These include exchanges of high level visits,
cooperation in multilateral institutions,
political consultations etc.
 The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign
Affairs HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al Thani
visited India in April 2006.
 Hon’ble Prime Minister visited Doha on
November 9 - 10, 2008, marking the first ever
visit by an Indian Prime Minister.

12.  The Prime Minister, accompanied by a high
level delegation including Minister of
Petroleum and Natural Gas, Minister of
Overseas Indian Affairs, Dy. Chairman
Planning Commission, MOS(EA) and NSA
visited Qatar on November 9 - 10.
 Both sides decided to take appropriate steps to
significantly enhance the economic content of
the relationship.

13.  This Committee is being co-Chaired by HE
Khalid al Attiyah, Minister of State for
International Cooperation and Principal
Secretary to PM.
 The first meeting of this Committee was held in
New Delhi in February 2009.
 The second meeting was held in Doha on
November 14, 2009 .
 THe third meeting in Delhi on January 3 - 4,
2011.

14.  India’s bilateral trade with Qatar increased
from US$ 1.2 billion in 2005 to US$ 3.7 billion in
2009.
 Indian exports to Qatar increased from US $
380 million to US$ 900 million during this
period.
 Major items of Indian exports are machinery
and equipment, transport equipment, textiles,
food products, ores and minerals etc.

15.  Qatar’s exports to India amounted to US$ 2.8
billion in 2008 as compared to US$ 896 million
in 2005.
 India is the fourth largest export market for
Qatar after Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
 In terms of Qatari import, India ranks at the
tenth position.
 As per Indian statistics, India’s exports to Qatar
for 2009-10 were $537 million while our
imports from Qatar for the same period
amounted to $4.6 billion.

16.  India has signed an agreement to purchase 7.5
million tonnes of LNG every year from Qatar
for a period of 25 years, the first shipment took
place in 2004.
 The full supplies of 7.5 million ton have begun
from January, 2010.
 In addition, 1.25 million tonnes was supplied
as special cargos between July 2007 and
September 2008.

17.  A large number of Indian companies such as
L&T, Dodsal, Punj Lloyd, Voltas, Simplex,
Wipro, Aptech, Satyam Mahendra, NIIT etc
have set up offices in Qatar and have secured
major contracts/ business.
 The Indian community is estimated to be in the
range of 500,000.
 Indian professionals constitute an important
component.

18.  There are eight Indian schools following the
CBSE syllabus.
 The annual remittance from Qatar is estimated
to be over US$ 1 billion.
 Air India, Indian, Jet Airways and Qatar
Airways operate direct flights between India
and Qatar.
 Qatar Airways has been continuously
increasing its services to India and has 86
weekly flights to India now.

19.  Wipro has executed a project for Doha Bank for
providing enterprise application integration
and security consultancy services.
 Wipro is presently providing IT consultancy to
Qatar Petroleum in their Ras Abu Aboud
Development Project.
 TCS is executing projects for Qatar
Petroleum and Qatar Telecom.

20.  Qatar is proposing to set up a smart city and is
looking at Indian companies for possible
collaboration.
 NIIT and APTECH are successfully running
their IT training institutes in Qatar.

21.  Aims to provide a forum for the promotion of
trade and commerce and manufacturing &
trading joint ventures between Indian and
Qatar in addition to promoting investment in
either country on a bilateral basis.
 It also aims to provide a reciprocal interface for
business and trade organizations established in
Qatar to explore business opportunities in
India