'INDIAWILL BETHE NUMBER ONE MANUFACTURING HUB INTHE WORLD'
Autocar Professional|15th January 2023
Union Transportand Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari also expressed the government's appreciation fortheautomobileindustry for thinking seriously aboutalternative fuels, writes Amit Vijay M.
'INDIAWILL BETHE NUMBER ONE MANUFACTURING HUB INTHE WORLD'

The Union Minister for Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, while formally inaugurating the 16th edition of the Auto Expo 2023 said that India will be the number one manufacturing destination for automobiles in the world. The government's mission for clean energy will enable India to turn a net exporter in green hydrogen

“Tam very happy to see how the Indian auto industry is evolving and the EV industry taking concrete steps towards alternate fuel, clean energy, and innovation will have us exporting green hydrogen in the near future,” Gadkari said.

Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey who was present at the event said that the country will soon also emerge as an export hub for cells as the Productivity Linked Incentive PLI) in cell manufacturing had a target of 50 GW and has been given a 30Gw extension. With many private players coming into play, we are seeing close to 1S50GW hours of cell manufacturing to start in the country on the basis of which we can also turn into a net exporter in battery packs as well as cells,” he said.

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