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{{Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Ghana and the Republic of India}}
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'''India-Ghana relations''' are bilateral [[diplomatic relations]] between [[India]] and [[Ghana]]. As members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], India maintains a [[High Commission]] in [[Accra]] and Ghana has its High Commission in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=High Commission of India, Accra, Ghana|url=https://www.hciaccra.gov.in/|access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ghana High Commission, New Delhi|url=https://ghana-mission.co.in/|access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
India opened a [[consulate]] in Accra in 1953 and established full-fledged diplomatic relations with Ghana immediately after its independence in 1957. The Indian High Commission in Accra is also concurrently accredited to [[Burkina Faso]], [[Togo]] and [[Sierra Leone]]. Ghana established its High Commission in New Delhi after its independence. The first [[President of Ghana]], [[Kwame Nkrumah]] and India's first [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], shared a strong personal bond of friendship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bilateral relations between Ghana and India|url=http://www.ghana-mission.co.in/bilateral.htm|publisher=High Commission of Ghana, New Delhi|access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref> Presidents Nkrumah, [[Hilla Limann]], [[John Rawlings]] and [[John Kufuor]] have made [[state visit]]s to India while Prime Minister [[P V Narasimha Rao]] visited Ghana in 1995. India and Ghana are founding members of the [[Non Aligned Movement]], the [[Government of India|Government of India's]] [[Team-9]] initiative and are members of the Commonwealth.

== Indians and Indian culture in Ghana ==
There are about ten thousand [[Ghanaian Indian]]s and [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Persons of Indian Origin]] living in Ghana today with some of them having been there for over 70 years.<ref name="mea">{{cite web|title=India-Ghana Relations|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Ghana-January-2012.pdf|publisher=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India|access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref> Ghana is home to a growing [[Hinduism in Ghana|indigenous Hindu population]] that today numbers 13,000 families. [[Hinduism]] first came to Ghana only in the late 1940s with the [[Sindhi people|Sindhi traders]] who migrated here following [[Partition of India|India's Partition]]. It has been growing in Ghana and neighbouring Togo since the mid-1970s when an African Hindu monastery was established in Accra.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ghana's unique African-Hindu temple|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10401741|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=29 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hinduism spreads in Ghana, reaches Togo|url=http://www.indiaafricaconnect.in/index.php?param=news/3610/india-in-africa/117|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723005509/http://www.indiaafricaconnect.in/index.php?param=news%2F3610%2Findia-in-africa%2F117|archive-date=23 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Economic ties ==

=== Trade ===
Trade between India and Ghana amounted to US$818 million in 2010-11 and is expected to be worth US$1 billion by 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=India aims to double trade with W. Africa|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/article3624588.ece|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 July 2012}}</ref> Ghana imports automobiles and buses from India and companies like [[Tata Motors]] and [[Ashok Leyland]] have a significant presence in the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tata Motors to sell cars in Ghana|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=75595|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=16 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ashok Leyland delivers 100 buses to Ghanaian firm|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ashok-leyland-delivers-100-buses-to-ghanaian-firm/476962/|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=Business Standard|date=11 June 2012}}</ref> Ghanaian exports to India consist of [[Gold (element)|gold]], [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] and timber while Indian exports to Ghana comprise [[Pharmaceutical industry in India|pharmaceuticals]], agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, plastics, [[steel]] and [[cement]].<ref name="mea" />

=== Economic cooperation ===
The Government of India has extended $228 million in [[lines of credit]] to Ghana which has been used for projects in sectors like agro-processing, fish processing, waste management, rural electrification and the expansion of Ghana's railways.<ref name="ghanabizmedia">{{cite web|title=Evolving India-Africa commerce relations: Ghana's lot|url=http://www.ghanabizmedia.com/ghanabizmedia/july-2012-diplomatic-relations/716-evolving-india-africa-commerce-relations-ghanas-lot.html|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416211607/http://www.ghanabizmedia.com/ghanabizmedia/july-2012-diplomatic-relations/716-evolving-india-africa-commerce-relations-ghanas-lot.html|archive-date=16 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> India has also offered to set up an India-Africa Institute of Information Technology (IAIIT) and a Food Processing Business Incubation Centre in Ghana under the [[India-Africa Forum Summit]].<ref name="mea" />

=== Investments ===
India is among the largest foreign investors in [[Economy of Ghana|Ghana's economy]]. At the end of 2011, Indian investments in Ghana amounted to $550 million covering some 548 projects.<ref name="ghanabizmedia" /> Indian investments are primarily in the agriculture and manufacturing sectors of Ghana while Ghanaian companies manufacture drugs in collaboration with Indian companies. The IT sector in Ghana too has a significant Indian presence in it. India and Ghana also have a Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement between them.<ref>{{cite book|title=Doing Business in Ghana|year=2012|publisher=KPMG|location=Accra|pages=15, 21|url=http://www.kpmg.com/GH/en/Documents/Doing%20business%20in%20Ghana%20-2012.pdf}}</ref> India's [[Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers|Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers]] is in the process of setting up a fertiliser plant in Ghana at Nyankrom in the [[Shama District]] of the [[Western Region (Ghana)|Western Region of Ghana]]. The project entails an investment of US$1.3 billion and the plant would have an annual production capacity of 1.1 million tonnes, the bulk of which would be exported to India.<ref>{{cite news|title=India, Ghana to finalise gas price|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/7edyfKWDEn5JBcrNYaqODN/India-Ghana-to-finalize-gas-price.html|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=HT Mint|date=16 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Work On Ghana-India Fertilizer Project To Begin At Nyankrom|url=http://news.moneygh.com/pages/agriculture/201207/354.php|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=Ghana Money|date=13 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122005413/http://news.moneygh.com/pages/agriculture/201207/354.php|archive-date=22 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There are also plans to develop a sugar processing plant entailing an investment of US$36 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=India to establish fertiliser plant in Ghana|url=http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/news/features/11121-india-to-establish-fertilizer-plant-in-ghana|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=Daily Graphic|date=21 February 2012}}</ref> [[Bank of Baroda]], [[Bharti Airtel]], [[Tata Motors]] and [[Tech Mahindra]] are amongst the major Indian companies in Ghana.<ref name="ghanaian-chronicle">{{cite news|title=High Commissioner calls on Indian firms to invest in Ghana|url=http://ghanaian-chronicle.com/high-commissioner-calls-on-indian-firms-to-invest-in-ghana/|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=The Chronicle|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429135257/http://ghanaian-chronicle.com/high-commissioner-calls-on-indian-firms-to-invest-in-ghana/|archive-date=29 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Technical co-operation ==
India extends scholarship for the training of Ghanaian personnel in India through its [[Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme]] and the [[Special Commonwealth Assistance for Africa Programme]](SCAAP). India has trained over 1,100 Ghanaian students and professionals since the commencement of the programme. India has also helped Ghana with expertise in IT and Communications (ICT) and helped develop the Tema Community Centre into a modern ICT facility. [[Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT|The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT]] is another result of India's cooperation with Ghana in this field. The [[Centre for Development of Advanced Computing]], [[Pune]] is to now provide [[PARAM]] [[supercomputing]] technology and training to the centre from 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=C-DAC provides tech support to Ghana|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/c-dac-provides-tech-support-to-ghana/472073/|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=Business Standard|date=21 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India provides $2 billion technical assistance package…to developing countries|url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/269592/1/india-provides-2-billion-technical-assistance-pack.html|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=Modern Ghana|date=29 March 2010}}</ref> The Indian Government supported the [[Electoral Commission of Ghana]] in conducting the [[Elections in Ghana|Presidential and Parliamentary polls there in December 2012]] by providing it with [[indelible ink]] and has also been helping Ghana develop an electronic system for revenue mobilisation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ghana committed to strengthen bilateral relations with India|url=http://vibeghana.com/2012/02/29/ghana-committed-to-strengthen-bilateral-relations-with-india/|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=VibeGhana|date=29 February 2012}}</ref> Ghana is also part of the [[Pan-African e-Network project]] initiated by India and Ghana's [[Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology]] has commenced degree courses in collaboration with institutions of [[higher education in India]].<ref name="ghanaian-chronicle" /> The new palace of the Ghanaian President, called [[Flagstaff House]], has been built by India using a $60 million soft loan from the Government of India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ghana presidency gets new palace built by India|url=http://newindianexpress.com/world/article1393680.ece|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=25 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ghana presidency gets new palace built by India|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/ghana-presidency-gets-new-palace-built-by-india/article4236741.ece|access-date=1 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 December 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Hinduism in Ghana]]
* [[Indian Association of Ghana]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

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{{Foreign relations of Ghana}}

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[[Category:Africa–India relations]]
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