Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi inaugurate Maruti Suzuki’s Kharkhoda plant at the India-Japan Joint Economic Forum in New Delhi on July 2, 2026.
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At the India-Japan Joint Economic Forum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi inaugurated Maruti Suzuki’s fourth vehicle manufacturing facility at Kharkhoda in Haryana.
Two-thirds of Suzuki’s cars are made in India and exported to more than 100 countries from New Delhi, PM Modi said at the launch.
“Kawasaki, Yamaha and Honda bikes too are exported to the entire world from here. Similarly, whether it is air conditioners or power grid equipment, precision manufacturing or medical technology, when Japanese expertise and investment and India’s speed and scale join, then the whole world benefits,” PM Modi said.
Today, the world is grappling with supply chain constraints, trade uncertainty, and a dip in global demand, PM Modi said, adding, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
The Kharkhoda plant will be scaled from half a million units to 1 million units, which would make it one of the largest car manufacturing plants, Toshihiro Suzuki, president, representative director and chairman of Suzuki Motors, said.
The projected total investment at the facility is ₹35,000 crore.
Aerial view of the Kharkhoda plant.
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“It is a testament to the success of the India-Japan partnership and ‘Make in India’ initiative. With a favourable policy environment under PM Modi, Suzuki is accelerating investment, employment, export and technology towards the Vikshit Bharat journey,” Mr. Suzuki said.
The plant was operationalised in February 2025 with an initial annual capacity of 2.5 lakh units. The foundation stone for it was laid virtually by PM Modi in August 2022.
Published – July 02, 2026 07:13 pm IST
