New Delhi: An exclusive series of snap polls conducted across India by CVoter to gauge public opinion during the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US reveals that a majority of Indians are of the opinion that the slew of investments committed by American multinationals will create jobs within India.
The question asked during the snap poll was: Do you think major investments committed by MNCs like Apple, Google, Amazon, Micron, Advanced Materials & others will create a large number of jobs in India? Overall, more than four out of every ten respondents are of the opinion that the investments will create a large number of jobs within India while another one fourth is of the opinion that jobs will indeed be created, but to a limited extent.
There appears to be a divergence of views among categories of respondents. While six out of every ten respondents supporting the BJP say that a large number of jobs will be created, only three out of every ten respondents who support opposition parties share the same view. Some of the big ticket investments promised during the visit of PM Modi to the US are $ 3 billion by Micron for a semiconductor facility, $ 10 billion by Google on digitisation & fintech and $ 15 billion by Amazon to expand its scale in India.
On June 24, PM Modi completed a highly successful state visit that has resulted in many path-breaking agreements in the defence, telecom, semiconductor, energy, education and other frontier technology sectors including space exploration and quantum computing. President Joe Biden invited PM Modi for a private dinner at the White House apart from the ceremonial reception and official banquet attended by over 500 guests.
During the state visit, PM Modi became the first Indian leader to address a joint session of the US Congress on two occasions. Apart from meeting dozens of CEOs of multinationals, PM Modi also addressed the Indian diaspora twice in New York and Washington.
(IANS)
