Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Maruti Suzuki Vehicle Manufacturing Facility in Haryana and Suzuki EV Battery Plant in Hansalpur, Gujarat at an event in Gandhinagar to mark 40 years of Suzuki Motor Company in India. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, Central ministers and MPs also attended the event. It is to be noted that the Maruti Suzuki factory in Haryana is to be built on 900 acres of land and will be a major development in the region. This is the third Maruti Suzuki plant in Haryana after Gurugram and Manesar.


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Speaking at the occasion, PM Modi talked about the success of Maruti-Suzuki signifying strong India-Japan partnership. The Prime Minister also recalled late former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe while speaking on India-Japan friendship.



"Haryana has become a major automobile manufacturing hub in the country. At present, about 50 per cent of the cars made in India are manufactured in Haryana. With Maruti Suzuki setting up another such plant, a new industrial hub is going to be developed in Haryana," Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said. "The success of Maruti is a great example of the strength of the India-Japan relationship. In the last eight years, this relationship between the two countries has reached new heights," he said.


He said that India has announced in COP-26 (climate summit) that it will achieve 50 per cent of its installed electrical capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030. "We are rapidly working on both supply and demand of EV ecosystem. From relaxation in tax to easier loan facility, we are working to increase the demand of EVs," said PM Modi.


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He said that from the automobile to the biofuel sector, over 125 Japanese companies are working in Gujarat. "Electric Vehicles are bringing a silent revolution in India. Today India doesn't consider EV's extra vehicles but a necessary step," he added. He said that India has decided to be self-reliant in terms of energy requirements in the next 25 years. 


The vehicle manufacturing facility in Kharkhoda, Haryana will have the potential to manufacture 10 lakh passenger vehicles per year, making it one of the largest passenger vehicle manufacturing facilities at a single site in the world. The first phase of the project will be set up with an investment of over Rs. 11,000 crores, said the statement. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was also present at the event.


(With inputs from ANI)