Addressed 2 panels at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The first thing I would say, we have to improve the tourism between Russia and India. Tourism industry is something which is really low-hanging fruit today. This will also bring people-to-people contact.

Second is, I would say globally the wellness industry today is 6.8 trillion dollars. World Health Organization says every year we lose 1 trillion dollar on the mental health crisis. One in every third person or fourth person is suffering from mental health issues, anxiety, and depression. In these areas, our Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi-ji has come up with the Ayush Ministry, which is promoting yoga and herbal medicine, biomedical systems. This itself will help the whole world. The wellness industry in the world has a lot of potential, but it has not been given prominence because prevention is better than curing. So prevention needs to be attended much better, I feel that.

Third thing I would like to emphasize here is student exchange program. If you go to any university in India, you have French classes, you may have German classes, you may even have Spanish classes, but very few Russian classes are there. The student exchange programs is something very vital. Yesterday I was in Ekaterinburg, and we signed an MOU with our university there for, you know, Indian and Russian exchange program. Like now Ruble and Rupee has a relationship, we can have Hindi and Russian language as a relationship. This can grow when we promote more on the student-to-student relationship. I'm very glad here many Indian businessmen, they are speaking such fluent Russian. I understand a little bit, but I can only say Spasiba.

在圣彼得堡国际经济论坛上，在两个专题讨论会上发表了讲话。

我要说的第一点是，我们必须改善俄罗斯与印度之间的旅游业。旅游业是当今唾手可得的机遇之一。它也能促进人与人之间的交流。

第二点是，目前全球健康产业的规模已达6.8万亿美元。世界卫生组织指出，我们每年因心理健康危机损失1万亿美元。全球每三个人或每四个人中，就有一人正遭受心理健康问题、焦虑和抑郁的困扰。在这些领域，我们的印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪提出了阿尤什部，致力于推广瑜伽、草药医学和生物医学体系。这本身将惠及整个世界。全球健康产业潜力巨大，但并未得到足够重视，因为预防胜于治疗。因此，我认为预防工作需要得到更好的关注。

我想在此强调的第三点是学生交流项目。在印度的任何一所大学里，你可能会找到法语课、德语课，甚至西班牙语课，但俄语课却很少。学生交流项目至关重要。昨天我在叶卡捷琳堡时，与那里的大学签署了一项合作谅解备忘录，涉及印度与俄罗斯的交流项目。就像如今卢布与卢比建立了关系一样，我们也可以让印地语与俄语建立联系。当我们更多地推动学生与学生之间的关系时，这一点便能发展壮大。我很高兴看到这里有许多印度商人能说一口流利的俄语。我能听懂一点点，但也只会说一句“谢谢”。 http://t.cn/AXXofFob