Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed the international investment that India is receiving, but he believes that the manufacturing process should smell of the soil of the country and the interest of the citizens of the country should be connected to it. This in response to a question about Elon Musk’s companies Tesla and Starlink coming to India, Modi says that anyone can invest in India, but the production should be done by Indians. In an interview with, PM Modi also mentioned his first meeting with Musk.
PM Modi stated that anyone may invest in India during an interview with a news agency. However, Indians ought to handle the production. He also addressed the query about Elon Musk’s plans to bring Starlink and Tesla to India.
… When Modi met Musk for the first time
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, declared during the open forum that he likes Prime Minister Modi. In response, PM Modi cited an instance from 2015. “They canceled their planned appointment to see me when I visited the Tesla factory as part of a US trip.
The PM goes on to say that once Musk showed me the entire plant, I was able to comprehend his ambition. They are presently visiting India; I saw them again in 2023. But PM Modi also stated in the interview that Musk is not, in fact, his fan.
Musk will come to India this month
This month, Elon Musk will visit India to see Prime Minister Modi. This information was provided by the Tesla CEO in a post that was shared on the social networking site X. While possibilities are being discussed, Musk may announce a significant investment in India at this moment. But no official word about Musk’s itinerary for his trip to India has surfaced.
Musk eager to come to India
From the start, Elon Musk has been eager for Tesla to enter the Indian market. They have occasionally expressed their wish about this. According to him, India now has the largest population of any nation in the world in a recent interview. Just like every other nation, India need to have electric vehicles. It seems sense that India would have access to Tesla’s electric cars.
Fast-growing EV sector
According to PM Modi, India is making rapid progress in the electric car industry in an interview with ANI. Businesses ought to make investments here. The PM states in this interview that sales of electric vehicles (EVs) climbed from 2,000 in 2014–15 to 12 lakh in 2023–24. This indicates that the nation is preparing a network of this magnitude of charging stations. That is, the nation is using EVs to move quickly.
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