Technology group Google will invest $ 10 billion in India in the next five to seven years. That money is used to accelerate the introduction of digital technologies into the country.
That was announced by Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Investments are being made in areas such as internet access in the various languages in India, new products specific to the Indian market and artificial intelligence in areas such as education, care and agriculture.
Pichai, who is of Indian descent, said the corona crisis had proven the importance of internet technology, for example, in keeping in touch with each other.
India has more than 500 million internet users and is seen as an essential growth market by sizeable American technology companies, such as Amazon and Facebook.