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Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that Japan is keen to make investments of around 5 trillion Japanese yen in India across various sectors including steel. The steel minister made the remarks after a meeting with a Japanese delegation led by NISHIMURA Yasutoshi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, in the national capital.

Scindia  stated ‘We had a very detailed discussion...about the common strategies that we can develop in terms of the path forward, exchange of best practices, exchange of new technologies, Japanese investment in India which would be close to 5 trillion yen...over the next few years not only in the steel sector but other sectors as well.’

He said the meeting was very positive. It will provide many areas and platforms where India and Japan will work closely together with regards to the steel sector. He added the delegation discussed tremendous growth prospects in India in the steel sector which is to grow to 300 million tonne (MT) capacity by 2030 from 160 MT at present.