Google announces 10 billion dollars investment in India

Google's chief executive officer met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss various issues.

Modi discussed with Google chief the challenges posed by the global epidemic.

Later, addressing the sixth edition of 'Google for India', the head of Google said that Google will invest 10 billion dollars (75 thousand crore Indian rupees) in India in the next 5 to 7 years.

"We will do so with the help of equity investments, partners, investment in operations infrastructure and ecosystems," he said.

This morning, had an extremely fruitful interaction with @sundarpichai. We spoke on a wide range of subjects, particularly leveraging the power of technology to transform the lives of India’s farmers, youngsters and entrepreneurs. pic.twitter.com/IS9W24zZxs

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 13, 2020

Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on social networking site Twitter that this morning our meeting with Sundar Pechai was very good, we discussed various topics, especially the use of the power of technology so that Indian farmers, youth And change the lives of business people.

This morning, had an extremely fruitful interaction with @sundarpichai. We spoke on a wide range of subjects, particularly leveraging the power of technology to transform the lives of India’s farmers, youngsters and entrepreneurs. pic.twitter.com/IS9W24zZxs

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 13, 2020

"During our conversation, Sundar Pechai and I talked about the new culture created by the Corona virus. We talked about the challenges facing the industry such as sports due to the Corona virus, while we talked about data security and cyber," he said. Security was also discussed.

This morning, had an extremely fruitful interaction with @sundarpichai. We spoke on a wide range of subjects, particularly leveraging the power of technology to transform the lives of India’s farmers, youngsters and entrepreneurs. pic.twitter.com/IS9W24zZxs

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 13, 2020

The Indian Prime Minister said he was pleased to learn about Google's efforts in various fields, including education and digital payments.

In response, Sundar Pechai also tweeted that the Prime Minister thanked you for your time, is very optimistic about your vision of Digital India and is determined to work towards it.