India-Japan Investment Partnership Gains Momentum; Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal Invites Greater Japanese Institutional Capital

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal held discussions in Tokyo with major Japanese financial and investment institutions—including MUFG, DBJ, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, and Nippon Life—to enhance long-term capital flows and investment partnerships. Highlighting India's 7.7 percent economic growth last year and its objective of becoming a USD 30 trillion economy by 2047, the Minister invited institutional capital into sectors such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, green hydrogen, and digital infrastructure. Japanese entities expressed strong confidence in India's long-term prospects, shared their ongoing investments and expansion plans, and discussed facilitation measures relating to profit repatriation, regulatory predictability, and capital market access, alongside exploring GIFT City as an international capital gateway.