Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Goyal Tells Indian Diaspora, ‘India Is Watching Your Back’
Piyush Goyal spoke to Indian-Americans near Chicago.
He said India cares about its people, even when they are far away and in danger.
He mentioned Yemen and Ukraine as examples of difficult situations.
He called Indian-Americans a bridge between India and the United States.
He encouraged them to work hard and be honest in the United States, where they have built their lives.
He also asked them to keep a connection to India.
Goyal paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on Gandhi Jayanti and praised Gandhi’s ideas of truth, simplicity and non-violence.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal told Indian-Americans that India would support its people facing difficulty overseas.
He cited crises in Yemen and Ukraine as examples of situations in which India cared about the safety of its citizens.
Speaking in the Chicago area, he described the diaspora as a living bridge between India and the United States.
Goyal urged Indian-Americans to serve the United States with loyalty, honesty and hard work while retaining an emotional connection to India.
During his Chicago programme for Gandhi Jayanti, he paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Skokie and visited the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Who
- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and members of the Indian diaspora in the United States.
- What
- Goyal said India would support its people abroad and urged Indian-Americans to serve the United States while maintaining ties to India.
- When
- During Goyal’s Chicago-area programme on Gandhi Jayanti; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- The Chicago area, including the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Sculpture in Skokie, Illinois.
- Why
- Goyal addressed the diaspora to affirm India’s support for Indians abroad and discuss their role connecting India and the United States.
Commitment to the United States
Continuing connection to India
Diaspora responsibilities and ties
Commitment to the United States
Goyal urged Indian-Americans to be loyal, honest and hardworking in the United States, which he said had given them their wealth, family and future.
Continuing connection to India
He also asked them to retain an emotional place for India and described the diaspora as a living bridge between the two countries.
- Speaker
- Piyush Goyal, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister
- Audience
- Members of the Indian diaspora in the United States
- Key message
- India would stand by its people wherever they face difficulty or distress
- Examples cited
- Crises in Yemen and Ukraine
- Gandhi tribute
- Goyal paid floral tribute at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Sculpture in Skokie on Gandhi Jayanti
- Diaspora estimate
- Goyal referred to about 40 million people of Indian origin worldwide
- Other Chicago visit
- Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago, where Swami Vivekananda delivered an address in September 1893