Piyush Goyal underlines India's emergence as a quality-conscious nation, notes its rising impact on emerging sectors

Manufacturing and export-led growth has gained strength in India, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal said at a press conference on November 28.

India is emerging as a quality-conscious nation now, Goyal said. India's rising impact in the emerging sectors is a result of the establishment of an inter-connected ecosystem, the minister added.

With reference to the speculations over changes to India's laptop import policy, Goyal said new guidelines on the matter were still under deliberation.


Earlier reports had said that India was looking at limiting imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers starting January.

The speed at which the 5G network is expanding, it will be there across the nation soon, Goyal remarked.

He also issued an invitation to global investors to "come and invest in India".

Touching upon the West Asia situation, Goyal said that India stands by its long-time diplomatic stance -- that India does not believe that it's the time of war any longer.

PM Modi has managed India's international relationships better than ever in the past, Goyal said.

About rising apprehensions over what form and shape Trump's tariff policies could take, Goyal observed that the US president-elect is a friend of India.

President-elect Donald Trump is a "friend of India" and India-US friendship will only continue to blossom and grow further, Goyal said. Trump, during his election campaign, had alleged that India, among all major countries, imposes the highest tariffs on foreign products and he had vowed to introduce a reciprocal tax if elected to power.

According to Goyal, Modi has worked with three administrations in the US, the Obama administration, the Trump administration, the Biden administration and "we will again work with the Trump administration".

Referring to recent news about Starlink's foray into the Indian skies, the minister clarified that no discussion has yet been held with Tesla on Starlink.


With agency inputs