Visit by the Vice Chairman and Director General of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (05-06 February 2004).

Visit by a Builders' Hardware delegation led by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (11-12 February 2004).

Visit by Dr. S. Narayan, Economic Adviser to Prime Minister (23-25 February 2004).

Visit by Mr. K.N. Shivakumar, Principal Secretary, Department of IT, Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka (23-24 February 2004).

Visit by Mr. Navin Chawla, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (29 February - 3 March 2004).

Visit by Mr. B.S. Minhas, Secretary, Ministry of Small Scale Industries (4-5 March 2004).

Visit by Mr. D.C. Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mr. Dhirendra Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Disinvestment, Mr. B. K. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, and Mr. Subir Raha, Chairman & Managing Director,Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (4-8 March 2004).

Mr.D.N.Padhi, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution from 1-6 April 2004 to Chair a Working Group on Convergence of Securities and Commodity Derivates Markets in India.

Mr.S.N.Menon, Special Secretary, Department of Commerce visited London from 15-16 April.

Mr.Pradeep Kumar, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Coal led a delegation of officials from Public Sector Coal companies in India from 19 23 April 2004.

A 22 member delegation of Small and Medium Enterprises led by the Maharashtra Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (MSSIDC) visited the UK from 18 20 May 2004.

Mr Sharad Gupta, Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals visited London from 7-9 June 2004.

CEOs Mission from the Confederation of Indian Industry visited London from 30 June 2 July 2004.

Mr Kamal Nath, Minister for Commerce and Industry visited London from 16 -19 June 2004.

Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister of State for Science & Technology and Ocean Development visited London from 23-25 June 2004.

A delegation led by Mr M.V. Raghavan, Minister for Ports and Coordination, Government of Kerala visited from 23-25 June 2004.

Mr.Praful Patel, Minister for Civil Aviation visited London from 21-23 July 2004.

A delegation of National Council of State Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Boards(COSAMB) visited London from 11-12 August 2004 to visit agricultural markets in London.

Dr.Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh along with senior officials of the State visited London from 13-16 September 2004.

A five member Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) delegation led by its Chairman and MD, Mr. Proshonto Banerjee visited London from 13-17 September 2004 at the invitation of DTI.

Mr.Dayanidhi Maran, Minister for Communications and IT visited London from 25 28 September 2004 to visit BT labs in Ipswich.

Mrs Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State for Tourism visited London from 2 - 4 October 2004.

Mr P. Chidambaram, Minster of Finance visited London from 8-9 October 2004.

Visit of FICCI delegation from 11-13 October 2004 and Destination India event in London.

Mr. Kamal Nath, Minister for Commerce and Industry visited London from 8-14 October 2004.

Mrs Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State for Tourism visited London from 2 - 5 November 2004 for the World Travel Mart.

Mr O.P.Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana visited London from 3-5 November 2004 for the World Travel Mart.

4^th Financial Times-NASSCOM Seminar on Outsourcing to India: Transforming Value and Shifting Expectations held in London on 17 November 2004.

Mrs.Panabaka Laxmi, Minister of State for Health visited London from 22-23 November 2004.

Economic and Commerce-related Visits to India from the UK

Visit by Mr. Mike OBrien MP, Minister of State for Trade, Investment & Foreign Affairs (5-7 January 2004).

Visit by Mr. Graham Fry, Director General for Economic Affairs, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (12-13 January 2004).

Visit by Mr. Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development (21-22 January 2004).

Visit by Mr. Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for E-commerce, Communication & Information Services (2-4 February 2004).

Visit by Mr. Elliot Morley MP, Minister of State for Environment (4-7 February 2004).

Visit by a Delegation of Members of Parliament from the Labour Friends of India (4-12 February 2004).

Visit by Lord Bach of Lutterworth, Minister for Defence Procurement (8 February 2004).

Visit by Sir Stephen Brown, Group Chief Executive, British Trade International (16-18 February 2004).

Visit by Delegation of Members of Parliament from the LibDem Friends of India (29 February 6 March 2004).

Visit by Ms. Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (15-18 March 2004).

Visit by Prof. Sir David King, Chief Scientific Advisor to the British Government (18 March 2004).

A 20-member delegation from the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry visited Mumbai (1517 March) and Chennai (18-19 March 2004).

Visit by Mr. David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (17-23 September 2004).

Visit by Ms. Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (3-7 October 2004).

Visit by Mr. David Miliband MP, Minister of State for School Standards (2-9 October 2004).

Visit by Mr. Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (4-7 October 2004).

Visit by The Ports and Terminals Group comprising five UK companies (25-29 October 2004).

Visit by a Northern Ireland Trade Mission led by Mr. Barry Gardiner MP, Minister for Economy and Education in Northern Ireland (28 October 6 November 2004).

Visit by Mr Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development (29 November - 2 December 2004).