India Invites Dutch Innovation: Modi Champions New Era of Collaboration

Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Dutch businesses to collaborate with India on innovation, design, and manufacturing, highlighting immense opportunities. Modi emphasized India's economic reforms, the India-EU trade agreement, and a strategic partnership with the Netherlands during a CEO Roundtable, mentioning agreements between Tata Electronics and ASML.

In a direct appeal to Dutch businesses, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for increased innovation and manufacturing collaborations with India. Speaking at the CEO Roundtable, Modi highlighted India's rapid growth in infrastructure, clean energy, and connectivity as unparalleled in the global market.

Modi enumerated recent economic reforms, noting the opening of space, mining, and nuclear energy sectors to the private sector, aimed at enhancing policy predictability and boosting business opportunities. This push is part of broader efforts to attract global companies to India's burgeoning technology landscape.

The Prime Minister underscored the strategic potential of partnerships, including the India-EU free trade agreement and an agreement between Tata Electronics and Dutch firm ASML, enhancing semiconductor manufacturing capabilities in India, particularly in Dholera, Gujarat.