Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday sought investments from global investors, urging industries to focus on quality and sustainability. Addressing the CII Partnership Summit 2026 here, he said India is a safe destination for investments amid the current global uncertainties. Calling upon investors, he said, “make India your address” for the next factory, design centre, and global capability centres.
The minister also urged trading partners to explore business opportunities in India as the country provides huge prospects in multiple sectors.
“....Invest in factories, hotels, and data centres because India is a safe destination,” he said. The Minister said that in the last four-and-a-half years, India has finalised nine Free Trade Agreements covering 38 developed countries that represent USD 60 trillion of global GDP.
He said with the ongoing engagements (on trade pacts), the total is likely to increase to USD 85 trillion -- roughly three-fourths of the global GDP of $115 trillion.
“This opens vast opportunities for Indian businesses, products, services, talent and the country’s 2.5 lakh startups,” he said.
To investors, the minister appealed to “Make India the address for your next plant, R&D centre, global capability centre or design centre”.
To industry, he asked to stay ahead on sustainability, skilling and global quality standards. From steel to silicon in Visakhapatnam, a drone city at Orvakal, a space city at Tirupati and India’s first green hydrogen hub at Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh and the country are building future-ready capabilities, he added.
The Minister praised Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s long-term foresight from visualising the IT revolution early to planning for AI, quantum engineering, data centres and a Quantum Valley in Amaravati well ahead of time. He said that while the world still talks of “Ease of Doing Business,” Andhra Pradesh has moved the conversation to the “Speed of Doing Business.” Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced that the state will formulate an investment protection law to protect the interests of investors and urged Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to support the law at the Centre.
“I am bringing an Investment Protection Act to safeguard investors from regime changes and political vendetta. The Centre must support it,” he said, addressing a session of the CII Partnership Summit here.
Naidu called for the introduction of a Central Investment Protection Act to provide greater security and confidence to investors across the country. He said concerns over regime changes and vindictive politics were creating apprehensions among investors.