Marcos caps off India state visit with $446-M in investments
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Aug. 8, 2025 caps off his state visit to India with a total of 18 business agreements, comprising real investments of $446 million and generated interest for a potential of up to $5.8 billion. Speaking to Philippine media delegation in Bengaluru, India, the President said his visit opened new lines of communications between the Philippines and India that would further expand the two countries' cooperation.
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00:00Well, in terms of actual total direct investment, we have already secured $446 million in terms of actual direct investment.
00:11But that is already what we have decided on the end of this trip.
00:18Pero, arangin pagpapasot yan, hindi pa yan.
00:20Saka na, kandayan ang aking nasabi, simula pa lang yan.
00:23And we are hoping that we will have generated interest in several other areas.
00:32At kung mag-estimate, estimate na namin diyan, with several other areas, is the potential for investment of about $5.6, $5.7 billion.
00:45So, manangin pagpapasot yan.
00:47India is a very, very strong economy.
00:51India is the fourth largest economy in the world.
00:54And we're the prospect of very soon becoming the third largest economy in the world.
01:00Kaya talagang napaka-aktiv po yung paninang ekonomya.
01:05We see that they have a very strong instinct for progress, for development, especially in the digital area.
01:21Kaya talagang napaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po yung paninang kapaka-aktiv po y
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