{
  "id": 14724241,
  "title": "Maharashtra Minister Jaykumar Rawal Urges Czech Companies To Set Up Manufacturing Units And Invest In State",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/maharashtra-minister-jaykumar-rawal-urges-czech-companies-to-set-up",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:29:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-minister-jaykumar-rawal-urges-czech-companies-to-set-up-manufacturing-units-and-invest-in-state"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai, October 15, 2026 - Maharashtra Protocol Minister Jaykumar Rawal has called upon Czech companies to expand their operations in Maharashtra, establish manufacturing units, and invest in the state. Rawal made the appeal during a meeting between Indian and Czech industry representatives, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Hotel Taj President. Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček attended the event.\n\nRawal highlighted Maharashtra's significant role in India's economic growth, accounting for around 40% of the country's gross domestic product and attracting approximately 39% of India's total foreign direct investment in 2024-25. The state boasts a wide range of industries, including automobiles, engineering, aerospace, advanced machinery, robotics, and scientific research, as well as the expanding industrial centers in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and other regions.\n\nRawal emphasized that Maharashtra's industrial potential could be complemented by the Czech Republic's strengths in engineering, automobile manufacturing, aerospace, advanced machinery, robotics, scientific research, and technology transfer. He urged Czech companies to explore opportunities in various sectors, such as automobiles, defence, advanced technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, cybersecurity, laser technology, green technologies, recycling, energy efficiency, agriculture, food processing, packaging technology, modern construction, architecture, and smart-building solutions.\n\nCzech Deputy Prime Minister Havlíček echoed Rawal's sentiments, expressing the Czech Republic's interest in deepening industrial ties with India. The Czech delegation, which recently visited India to explore its political, economic, and technological strengths, sees opportunities for collaboration through the upcoming India-EU free trade agreement, which will expand the market for businesses to access over two billion people.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 15, 2026: Maharashtra Protocol Minister Jaykumar Rawal has urged Czech companies to move beyond selling products in the Indian market and establish manufacturing facilities in Maharashtra, invest in the state and develop long-term partnerships through technology transfer and industrial collaboration. Rawal was speaking at a meeting of Indian and Czech industry representatives…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}