New Delhi: India will export electric vehicles to 100 countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday. He also said that a very “big program” related to this will take place on Tuesday, but did not give details.
“I want to tell you about another achievement of India. India is now going to export electric vehicles to 100 countries of the world. A very big program related to this is also being held after two days on 26th August,” the PM said at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum.
He also made several announcements during the summit. One of the most important among these is that India’s first domestically manufactured semiconductor chip will be available in the market by the end of the year.
“We all know that semiconductor manufacturing could have started in India 50-60 years ago, but India missed that too, and the same thing continued for many years to come. Today we have changed this situation. Semiconductor-related factories have started coming up in India,” Modi said.
“By the end of this year, the first Made in India chip will come in the market,” he added.
The Prime Minister also highlighted India’s achievements in the space sector, particularly in the last decade. He said that in the last 11 years, India has completed over 60 space missions and there are many more missions lined up.
“There are many missions lined up. This year, we have also achieved the capability of space docking. This is a big achievement for our future missions. Now India is preparing to send its astronauts to space through the Gaganyaan mission, and in this, we are going to get a lot of help from the experience of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla,” he said.