Schroeder was received by Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on his arrival.
The German Chancellor has called for deeper ties with India
Indian IT professionals would gain from new German emigration laws that have vastly eased the entry of skilled personnel into the European country.
Conservative leader Angela Merkel would become Germany's first female chancellor under a power-sharing agreement that would end Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder's seven years in office.
Angela Merkel elected as Germany's first female chancellor
The two parties between them would have enough votes to form a clear majority government, but would have to overcome differences on policy and principles.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asserted that the government will remove all hurdles to attract more foreign investments.
In his memoirs, the former German Chancellor says that 'when (a leader) takes political action directly from prayer, in other words from a dialogue with God, it can be problematic for a democracy.'
Reagan, who denounced the then USSR as the 'evil empire', was won over by the charm of the Soviet Union's final leader, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev.
He may have been hailed as The Great Reformer in nations elsewhere, but in his motherland, Mikhail Sergeyevich was a hate figure for his policies ending the chimera of Russian dominance in the world.
'There is only one common feature between Gorbachev and Putin.' 'They are both patriots, and both try to save Russia and make it great.' 'But in very, very, different ways.'
A vilification campaign against Rosneft has begun in right earnest, says M K Bhadrakumar.
