Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is visiting India from August 29 to 31

Bilateral relations between India and the Netherlands, including the Strategic Partnership on Water launched during the India-Netherlands Virtual Summit in April 2021, have witnessed further strengthening in recent years, President Droupadi Murmu said on Monday.

She made the remarks while discussing the deepening relations between the two countries with Queen Máxima of the Netherlands who called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

Queen Máxima is visiting India from August 29 to 31, in her official capacity as United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate (UNSGSA) for Inclusive Finance for Development and G20 GPFI Honorary Patron.

According to the President's Secretariat,
the two leaders also discussed in detail several aspects of universal financial inclusion which has been one of the main agenda of the Government of India.

President Murmu said that the Government of India is committed to connect every Indian with formal banking channels through various means and to ensure that the benefits provided by the Government reach the last mile and the intended beneficiary without any pilferage. Queen Máxima appreciated the progress made in India in this direction in the last few years, the President's Secretariat said.