PM Modi announces India will open new consulates in Boston and Los Angeles

India will open two new consulates in Boston and Los Angeles, meeting the demands of the Indian American community. Prime Minister Modi announced during his visit to the US. 

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Updated23 Sep 2024, 07:05 AM IST
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a gathering of the Indo-American Community of USA (IACU) in New York City, U.S. September 22, 2024.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a gathering of the Indo-American Community of USA (IACU) in New York City, U.S. September 22, 2024. (Reuters / Jeenah Moon )

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 22 announced that India will open new consulates in two American cities — Boston and Los Angeles, PTI reported. He was addressing Indian Americans in New York's at the Nassau Veterans Coliseum.

Modi said this comes amid long-pending demand for consulates in these cities from the fast-growing Indian American community, the report added.

“Friends last year, I had announced that our government had plans to open a new consulate in Seattle. It is now operational. I had asked for suggestions from you for two more consulates. I am happy to announce that after reviewing your suggestions, India has decided to open two new consulates in Boston and Los Angeles,” Modi stated.

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Why Boston and Los Angeles?

The report noted that Boston is considered the “education and pharma capital” of the United States, while Los Angeles, which houses Hollywood, will be hosting the next summer Olympics. Further, Eric Garcetti, the present US Ambassador to India is a former mayor of Los Angeles.

India currently has six consulates in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Besides this, the Indian Embassy is in capity city of Washington DC, and India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) is based in New York City.

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Indian-Americans Rejoice

The announcement was immediately welcomed by the residents of Los Angeles. “The Modi government listens and responds to the needs of Indian Americans and of American business and political leaders. I am grateful to Prime Minister Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and former Indian Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Sandhu for the decision to open a consulate in Los Angeles,” Gunjan Bagla, CEO of Amritt Inc, a Los Angeles-based consulting firm, told PTI.

Bagla had led an effort in this regard. “We obtained over 3,600 signatures from Southern California residents. Dozens of American and Indian American organisations wrote letters to the Prime Minister’s Office,” he said.

Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States and its twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handle about 40 per cent of all overseas goods trade in the United States .

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With the growing global importance of the Indo-Pacific, Los Angeles is the capital of the Pacific Rim and India needs to be present here.

“All but one of the G20 countries have consulates here in Los Angeles. American business executives with an interest in India will feel more engaged with a local consul general representing India. While we have been blessed with Consul General Dr Srikar Reddy visiting us from San Francisco dozens of times in the last year, there are numerous local events where the absence of India is clearly felt. NRIs and Indian Americans will benefit in the case of emergency travel needs to India by not having to fly to San Francisco,” Bagla said.

(With inputs from PTI)

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