Avail Opportunities Offered By Make In India Campaign: Swaraj

SEOUL: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday made a strong pitch for the ‘Make in India’ campaign here and asked South Korean companies “to scale up their presence” in the country.

“We regard (South) Korea as one of the most valued partners. Korean companies are already household names in India. We would like them to scale up their presence in India,” she said at a gathering of the Indian community.

“Fortunately, it is a mutually attractive win-win proposition, as India not only offers a huge and lucrative market, but within 15 years, will also be home to the largest middle-class in the world, of 600 million persons,” she said.

Ms. Swaraj strongly pitched for the campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India a manufacturing hub.

Ms. Swaraj, who is one her first visit to South Korea, said India is committed to “qualitatively expanding our industrial base, both to meet the growing domestic demand, export and also to generate employment.”

She said the government is preparing a blueprint to build 100 smart cities and to upgrade India’s infrastructure.

Ms. Swaraj highlighted India’s “unprecedented” demographic dividend and said the country has the requisite capability and will to become a leading manufacturing hub.

“At the same time, we need partnerships with friendly nations to bring-in technology and FDI.”

“We are very fortunate that India is growing younger as the world is ageing,” said the External Affairs Minister.

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