'Make in India Week' PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 'Make in India Centre’ in Mumbai

MUMBAI 09: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Make in India Centre at MMRDA Grounds in Mumbai. 

          Finland Prime Minister Juha Petri Sipilä , Sweden Prime Minister Kjell Löfven along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other high profile dignitaries were present on the occasion.

    After inaugurating the Make in India Centre, Prime Minister held bilateral talks with the Prime Ministers of Sweden and Finland and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. 

      PM invited Swedish companies to forge partnerships in the fields of defence, electronic goods, medical equipment etc. He invited Finland’s active participation in engineering, power plants, biotech and innovation. He discussed the areas of cooperation in food processing, clean energy and transportation sectors. 

   

       Make in India Week is the flagship event to provide greater momentum to the Make in India initiative, and to promote India as a preferred manufacturing destination globally. Government delegations from 49 countries and business delegations from 68 countries are slated to attend the event.

  Exchange of MoUs in the presence of Prime Minister

1) MoU between Twin Star (Sterelite is Holding Company) and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation which is investing into LCD FAB with techno partner AUTRON from Taiwan. This will be first of its kind of project in India. The proposed investment will be Rs. 20000 Crores.

2) MoU between M/s Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Private Ltd. ,Jain Irrigation Pvt Ltd and Dept. of Agriculture and Marketing, Govt. of Maharashtra for setting up a Juice Manufacturing Facility to support farmers growing oranges in Vidarbha - the project intends to give higher value to orange growers and generate gainful employment. The project is expected to benefit 5000 farmers with an average landholding of 2 acres each.

3) MoU between M/s Raymond Industries and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation as part of “Farm to Fabric” initiative. Raymond intends to invest Rs. 1400 cr. for manufacturing of Linen Yarn and fabric and Garmenting. The unit will be set up in Nandgaon Textile Park at Amravati District which will procure cotton from the farmers in the district and Vidarbha region which has been affected by suicides and farmers distress.

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