TOP US COMPANIES READY TO INVEST AND SHIFT MANUFACTURING BASE IN INDIA
                     TOP US COMPANIES READY TO INVEST AND 
SHIFT MANUFACTURING BASE IN INDIA
INTRODUCTION
• About 200 American companies are seeking to move their 
manufacturing base from China to India post the general 
elections
• The companies are talking about how to set up an alternative to 
China by investing in India.
Source: The Financial Express
CRITICAL ISSUE
• All the way from land issues to customs issues to being 
part of the global supply chain. 
• There's a whole plethora of reforms that need to go 
further down.
Source: The Fintech Times
APPLE
• Apple plans to shift 20% of production capacity from 
China to India, eying $40 billion export revenue.
• Apple produced merchandise valued at $220 billion in 
China in 2018-19
Source: Moneycontrol
FACEBOOK
• Facebook made an announcement of spending $5.7 
billion for a 9.99 percent stake in Jio Platforms, the 
tech subsidiary of India’s Reliance Industries.
• The investment is the single largest in Facebook’s 
history.
Source: Latestnews.com
GOOGLE
• Google is a leading technology company with a presence 
across 50 countries.
• The company plans to invest $10 billion in India over 
the next 5-7 years by way of equity investments
Source: BGR India
MICROSOFT
• Microsoft’s venture fund, announced its local presence 
in India with the opening of an office in Bangalore.
• The office will pursue investment opportunities across 
the region, focusing on B2B software start-ups. 
Source: Business Standard
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
• An investment of $500 million from Ford Motor Company, 
the Ford India plant, was selected as the ideal production 
source for Ford's new car. 
• It will be produced not only for India but also for export to 
other international markets.
Source: ET Auto
AMAZON
• Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, has announced 
to invest $1bn (£776m) in small businesses in India.
• The funding would impact up to 10m small and 
medium businesses in India
Source: Livemint
PEPSICO
• PepsiCo announced that it will invest more than $5 
billion with its partners in India to raise production.
Source: Business Standard
MASTERCARD
• Global card payment company MasterCard plans 
to invest $1 billion in next five years.
• This will lead towards the development of new 
technologies and products.
Source: Business Standard
General Electric
• As part of an ongoing exercise, the global conglomerate 
General Electric (GE) plans to halve the number of its 
suppliers in India out of the current 3,000 within three 
years, a top company executive said. 
Source: Yahoo
General Motors
• General Motors (GM), the second-largest automaker 
in the world, will invest $1bn in India by 2020. The 
fresh investment will be used primarily to increase 
production from 1,30,000 units a year to 220,000 by 
2025 at its Talegaon plant in Pune (Maharashtra).
Source: GM Authority