Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 12 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday harassed the necessity for stronger cooperation between India and the US, saying the 2 nations can create a ‘win-win scenario’ by combining India’s potential with American assets and know-how.
Addressing the twenty second Indo-American Corporate Excellence Awards 2026, Gadkari stated the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce has an essential position in figuring out areas the place the strengths of India and the US could be mixed.
He stated, ‘We want to determine cooperation, coordination, and communication between the stakeholders within the USA and India. The position of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce. It’s very, essential. We need to establish that are the fields the place we will make collaborations, what are the strengths for India, and what are the strengths of the USA. And there are individuals who can convert issues into alternatives, and there are some folks additionally who convert alternatives into issues. But allow us to settle for the challenges. India has the potential, and the US has assets and know-how. On the premise of that, we will create a win-win scenario for the world.’
Gadkari additionally underlined the significance of data, innovation, entrepreneurship, science and know-how in driving India’s future financial improvement. Â
‘The most essential factor is data. Innovation, entrepreneurship, science, know-how analysis, and profitable practices- we title it as data and the conversion of data into wealth sooner or later. And for that motive, data and know-how are essential. Particularly, whether or not it’s agriculture or the defence sector, it is in all places. From a know-how perspective, the USA is now main the world. And that is the time that we will collaborate with the US trade. It is a win-win scenario for all of us,’ Gadkari stated.
Speaking about infrastructure and know-how, Gadkari stated flyover initiatives value Rs 50,000 crore are being undertaken in Pune. He stated new know-how would allow the development of a number of ranges of flyovers and metro infrastructure on a single tier.
‘Now in Pune, we’re making a flyover of Rs. 50,000 Cr. Now, I advised to CM Devendra Fadnavis that every one these flyovers have develop into an impediment. We need to create new flyovers, making first, second, and third ranges, and the fourth degree will probably be for the metro on a single tier. We have simply obtained the know-how, which we accepted from Malaysia,’ he stated.
Gadkari additional highlighted India’s development within the vehicle sector, saying the nation’s vehicle trade has surpassed Japan to develop into the world’s third-largest, behind the US and China.
‘When I took cost of this ministry, the dimensions of the trade was 14 lakh crore. We have simply surpassed Japan, and our quantity is third on the planet. The first is the USA, with that dimension of trade. Secondly, China has 49 lakh crore, and India is now at 23 lakh crore,’ he acknowledged. (ANI)