PM meets with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and talks efforts to develop Indian electronics manufacturing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi digitally spoke with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, discussing Google's plans to contribute to the expansion of India's electronics manufacturing industry.

 

According to official statement issued by India government, Prime Minister appreciated Google’s partnership with Hewlett Packard (HP) to manufacture Chromebooks in India. Prime Minister acknowledged Google’s 100 languages initiative and encouraged efforts to make AI tools available in Indian Languages. He also encouraged Google to work on AI tools for Good Governance, as per livemint.

 

The Prime Minister hailed Google's intentions to establish a worldwide fintech operations center at Gandhinagar's Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT). Pichai briefed the Prime Minister of Google's efforts to increase financial inclusion in India by utilizing the power and reach of GPay and UPI. He also underscored Google's commitment to contributing to India's growth trajectory.

 

Prime Minister also invited Google to contribute to the upcoming Global Partnership on AI Summit, which will be hosted by India in December 2023 in New Delhi. Earlier this year, Pichai had met the prime minister during the latter's state visit to the United states. “It was an honour to meet PM Modi during the historic visit to the US. We shared with the Prime Minister that Google is investing $10 billion in India's digitisation fund", he had said.

 

“We are announcing the opening of our global fintech operation centre in GIFT City, Gujarat. PM’s vision for Digital India was way ahead of his time; I now see it as a blueprint that other countries are looking to follow", Pichai added.