RPT-US Treasury's Paulson to visit key India cities

(Repeats story from Tuesday)

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will meet with top government officials in India next week during a trip that will include an appearance at a conference in New Delhi on India's rise as an economic power.

Paulson's Indian visit will begin on Sunday in Kolkata on Sunday, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. He is scheduled to meet with Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, chief minister of the communist-run West Bengal state, and local business leaders.

Paulson will then travel to Mumbai where he will deliver remarks to the U.S.-India CEO Forum Infrastucture conference on Monday. He also will meet with various officials there, including Reserve Bank of India Governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy and Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman M. Damodaran.

Paulson recently discussed the need to build up Mumbai, India's financial capital, as a major global capital markets center.

On Oct. 30, he will participate in the Fortune Global Forum in the capital, New Delhi, a conference on India's ascendance as an economic power. He will also meet with government leaders, including Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram. Paulson will return to Washington on Oct. 31.

He is scheduled to set the scene for his trip in Washington on Wednesday by giving a major speech on India to the Council on Foreign Relations.