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	[[India]] recognized [[Botswana]] shortly after the latter's independence in 1966, and opened an embassy in [[Gaborone]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Scindia offers Assistance for Strengthening Botswana Rail Networkcalls for Diversification and Deepening of Trade Ties\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=76092\|website=Press Information Bureau\|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Botswana opened its embassy in New Delhi in 2006.<ref name="MEA">{{cite web\|title=India - Botswana Relations\|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Botswana_15_01_2016.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|date = January 2016\|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref>		[[India]] recognized [[Botswana]] shortly after the latter's independence in 1966, and opened an embassy in [[Gaborone]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Scindia offers Assistance for Strengthening Botswana Rail Networkcalls for Diversification and Deepening of Trade Ties\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=76092\|website=Press Information Bureau\|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Botswana opened its embassy in New Delhi in 2006.<ref name="MEA">{{cite web\|title=India - Botswana Relations\|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Botswana_15_01_2016.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|date = January 2016\|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref>

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{{Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Botswana and the Republic of India}}
{{Infobox bilateral relations|Botswana–India|Botswana|India}}
[[India]] recognized [[Botswana]] shortly after the latter's independence in 1966, and opened an embassy in [[Gaborone]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scindia offers Assistance for Strengthening Botswana Rail Networkcalls for Diversification and Deepening of Trade Ties|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=76092|website=Press Information Bureau|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Botswana opened its embassy in New Delhi in 2006.<ref name="MEA">{{cite web|title=India - Botswana Relations|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Botswana_15_01_2016.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|date = January 2016|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref>

Botswana President Festus Mogae has visited India twice in May 2005 and December 2006. During the second visit, India agreed to provide a line of credit of US$20 million and a grant-in-aid of {{INR}}50 million to develop Botswana's health and education sectors respectively.<ref name="MEA"/>

The two nations have signed several agreements related to bilateral trade, taxation, cultural exchanges, and science and technology. Botswana is also a part of India's Pan African E-Network Project. In September 2014, the two sides concluded an agreement under which the Indian Army will provide training to the Botswana Defence Forces.<ref name="MEA"/>

Citizens of Botswana are eligible for scholarships under the [[Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme]] and the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]].<ref name="MEA"/><ref>{{cite web|title=BATSWANA TO BENEFIT FROM COOPERATION|url=http://botswana.se/News/BATSWANA-TO-BENEFIT-FROM-COOPERATION|website=botswana.se|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref>

==Economic relations==
Bilateral trade between Botswana and India totaled US$1.1 billion in 2014–15. The primary commodity imported by India from Botswana is diamonds. The major commodities exported by India to Botswana are items manufactured goods, metals, machinery and equipment, cotton yarn, fabrics, ready-made garments, pharmaceuticals, and transport equipment.<ref name="MEA"/>

Botswana's large reserves of diamonds are of great interest to the Indian diamond industry, particularly in Surat. Surat is a major centre for cutting and polishing of rough diamonds. Indian firms Shrenuj, Blue Star and [[KGK Group|KGK Diamonds]] have offices and factories in Botswana.<ref name="MEA"/> In 2008, the [[Indian Diamond Institute]] signed an agreement with the Government of Botswana to establish an India-Africa Diamond Institute in the country. The institute will be staffed with Indian faculty who will teach courses on diamond cutting, polishing and grading along with jewellery manufacturing.<ref>{{cite web|title=India to set up India-Africa Diamond Institute in Botswana|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/india-to-set-up-indiaafrica-diamond-institute-in-botswana/|website=The Indian Express|access-date=14 December 2016|date=12 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepatriot.co.bw/news/item/3045-expedite-india-africa-diamond-institute-%E2%80%93-minister.html|title=Expedite India-Africa Diamond Institute – Minister|website=[[The Patriot on Sunday]]|last1=Mmeso|first1=Phillimon|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref>

Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) acquired Canadian-firm CIC Energy which is involved in coal mining and power production in Botswana. JSPL intends to establish two 300 MW coal power plants in the Mamambula coal blocks areas where huge coal deposits have been found.<ref name="MEA"/>

Botswana opened a trade office called the Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA) in Mumbai in 2010. The office was subsequently renamed the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC).<ref name="MEA"/> Following a meeting between BITC and CII in July 2010, Botswana's Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry Maxwell Motowane declared "Botswana has found the Indian business environment compatible and seeks to benefit from expertise in areas such as information technology, health care, transport and education."<ref>{{cite web|title=Botswana to benefit from Indian expertise|url=http://www.gov.bw/en/News/Botswana-to-benefit-from-Indian-expertise-/|website=Government of Botswana|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref>

The [[Bank of Baroda]] began operating in Botswana in 2001. [[Bank of India]] opened its first branch in the country in Gaborone on 9 August 2013, and the [[State Bank of India]] opened a branch in the same city on 26 November 2013.<ref name="MEA"/>

==Indians in Botswana==
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As of 2016, an estimated 7,000-8,000 residents of Botswana are of Indian origin, of which 3,000-4,000 are citizens of Botswana. Most Indians are employed in the retail, manufacturing, teaching and accounting professions. Indian emigrants to Botswana primarily come from the states of Gujarat, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.<ref name="MEA"/>

While no person of Indian origin has so far won [[elections in Botswana|any election]] to the [[Parliament of Botswana]], one has become a nominated member.<ref name=NIC>{{citation|last=Singhvi|first=L. M.|chapter=Other Countries of Africa|pages=89–109|title=Report of the High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora|publisher=Ministry of External Affairs|location=New Delhi|chapter-url=http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter8.pdf|year=2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408040029/http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter8.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-08}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hinduism in Botswana]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.botswanahighcom.in/ High Commission of Botswana in New Delhi]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170807112652/http://www.hcigaborone.org.bw/ High Commission of India in Gaborone]
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