Google For India: Sundar Pichai announces investment of Rs 75,000 crore in India over the next 5-7 years
At the sixth edition of Google for India, Alphabet and Google CEO announced new 'Google For India Digitisation Fund' in India. Through this effort, Pichai revealed, Google will invest Rs 75,000 crore or $10 billion in India over the course of the next five to seven years. Pichai says that the company will make this investment in India through a mix of equity investments, partnerships, and operational infrastructure in the ecosystem. Expanding on the investment plan further, Pichai said that with the Google For India Digitisation Fund, investments will be done in four key ways: Enabling affordable access and information to every Indian in their own language Building new products and services that are deeply relevant to India's needs Empowering business as they continue to embark on their digital transformation Leveraging technology and AI for social good in areas like health, education, and agriculture Today at #GoogleForIndia we announced a new $10B digitiz...