Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies. He said that all the things being done in the Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India’ scheme are right. He was responding to media queries on the 8th Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s port town of Vladivostok.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already made it clear that domestically manufactured vehicles should be used. Putin’s statement was based on this. Addressing the forum, Putin said, “You know, we did not have domestically made cars then, but we do now. It is true that they look more modest than Mercedes or Audi cars, which we bought in vast amounts in the 1990s, but this is not an issue. I think that we should emulate many of our partners, for example, India. They are focused on the manufacture and use of Indian-made vehicles. I think that Prime Minister Modi is doing the right thing in promoting the Make in India programme. He is right.”
“We have [Russian-made] automobiles, and we must use them; this is absolutely fine. This will not lead to any infringements of our WTO obligations, absolutely not. It will concern state purchases. We must create a certain chain regarding what cars different classes of officials can drive, so that they will use domestically-made cars,” Putin said in Vladivostok, according to a transcript of the plenary session posted on Kremlin’s website.
“You probably know about the proposals to continue buying these cars. It would be easy to do, because the logistics are streamlined,” he added.
The Prime Minister launched the ‘Make in India’ initiative in 2014 with the aim of attracting investment, fostering innovation, enhancing skill development, safeguarding intellectual property and building world class manufacturing infrastructure. The Prime Minister’s goal is to achieve complete self-sufficiency in the defense sector.
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