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After his successful visit to Germany to promote electronic manufacturing in India, the Communications and Information Technology Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Tuesday said he will go to few more countries, including the Silicon Valley in the US, South Korea and Israel, over the next few months.
“We are promoting electronic manufacturing in a big way and this is a priority agenda of this Government. Importing in India was more convenient than making in India. Therefore, the idea is to showcase manufacturing in India,” Prasad told reporters here.
In order to start electronic manufacturing in India, he said the first foundation stone of the cluster will be laid in Bhopal and Jabalpur, ‘probably’ on October 6.
From the Germany visit, Prasad said he got lot of ‘good’ responses from companies who wanted to invest in India.
The Minister met the chiefs of companies such as Osram, Infenion Technology, Bosch, Rhode & Schwarz, Von Ardenne (photo voltaic company) and also the German Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI) who are keen to invest in India, he said.
“The German companies have been watching India and they acknowledge the technical power of the country and are eager to come to India. I have heard no negative words from them,” he said.
However, he also said this is just the first step and the German companies would share about investment details later. Many of such companies also want to make India as their export hub for electronic products, Prasad added.
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