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.

CEO�s 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 O�Brien 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 (15�17 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).