PM Modi and Japanese PM inaugurate Maruti Suzuki’s fourth plant at Kharkhoda

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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

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India, Japan Pact On Semiconductor Supply Chain Gets Cabinets Go-Ahead

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The memorandum of cooperation between the two countries was signed in July (Representational)

New Delhi:

The Union Cabinet has approved a memorandum of cooperation between India and Japan on a Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership, an official statement said on Wednesday. The memorandum of cooperation between the two countries was signed in July.

“The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was apprised of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed in July 2023, between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan on Japan-India Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership,” the statement said.

Japan has become the second Quad partner after the US to sign an agreement with India for the joint development of the semiconductor ecosystem and maintain the resilience of its global supply chain.

“The MoC intends to strengthen cooperation between India and Japan towards enhancement of semiconductor supply chain, recognising the importance of semiconductor for the advancement of industries and digital technologies,” the statement said.

The MoC will come into effect from the date of signature of the parties and remain in force for a period of five years.

“Both G2G and B2B Bilateral Cooperation on opportunities to advance resilient semiconductor supply chains and leverage complementary strengths,” the statement said.

In view of synergies and complementarities between the two nations, the “India-Japan Digital Partnership” (IJDP) was launched during the visit of the prime minister to Japan in October 2018 to boost cooperation and new initiatives within the scope of cooperation in science and technology and information and communications technologies.

“Based on the ongoing IJDP and India-Japan Industrial Competitiveness Partnership (IJICP), this MoC on Japan-India Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership would further broaden and deepen the cooperation in the field of electronics ecosystem,” the statement said.

Japan is among the top five countries to have a semiconductor ecosystem, with around 100 semiconductor manufacturing plants.

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PM Modi and Japanese PM inaugurate Maruti Suzuki’s fourth plant at Kharkhoda

India, Japan Pact On Semiconductor Supply Chain Gets Cabinets Go-Ahead