Day before additional 25 pc US tariffs, PM makes pitch for swadeshi, Make in India
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Dated:- 26-8-2025
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Ahmedabad, Aug 26 (PTI) A day before US President Donald Trump's additional 25 per cent tariff kicks in, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a vehement pitch for swadeshi and Make in India that should help create jobs in the country.
Swadeshi should be everyone's life mantra and irrespective of who is investing, production must take place domestically, Modi asserted on a day when Japan's Suzuki Motor Corporation committed to invest over Rs 70,000 crore in the country in the next five to six years.
The government's 'Make in India' initiative has created a favourable environment for both global and domestic manufacturers and the world will drive electric vehicles that are made in India, Modi said.
He was speaking after flagging off exports of Maruti Suzuki's first electric vehicle, the e VITARA, from the Hansalpur facility in Gujarat to over 100 countrie
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ent for both global and domestic manufacturers, Modi said.
Lauding India-Japan ties, he said both countries are “made for each other”.
Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corporation will invest Rs 70,000 crore in the next five to six years in India to strengthen its operations in the country, its Representative Director and President Toshihiro Suzuki said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the event, Suzuki Motor Corporation Representative Director and President Toshihiro Suzuki said, “Suzuki will invest over Rs 70,000 crore in India, over the next 5-6 years.” Later, in an interaction with reporters, Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R C Bhargava said the investments would be to meet the company's target of achieving 40 lakh units annually.
“We are expanding to 4 million (units annually). So the expansion of 4 million units capacity, with all the supporting infrastructure and investment in R&D, and new technologies, all of that takes a lot of money,” Bhargava said when asked about areas where t
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und e VITARA will be shipped from Pipavav port to the European region, including the UK, Germany, Norway, France, Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Austria, and Belgium.
On the reasons for Maruti Suzuki not launching the e VITARA in India as yet, Bhargava said, apart from meeting export order obligations, cost factors have played a part, as the price of the EV is still on the higher side, as the battery is imported.
Toshihiro Suzuki said the Gujarat facility, which serves customers across India and global markets, will soon become one of the world's largest automobile manufacturing hubs, with a planned capacity of 10 lakh units.
He further said, “We chose this facility to manufacture the e VITARA, our first BEV and make it a global production hub for this model. We will export this “Made-in-India BEV” to over 100 countries, including Japan and Europe.” The company's second major milestone is the “start of production of India's first lithium
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