The CEO of social networking site Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has praised India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi fiercely.
At the Facebook Fuel for India 2020 events with Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and MD of Reliance Industries, Zuckerberg said that India is a very special and important country for him. India’s importance for the company can be understood from the fact that we use many of our new features first in India and then launch them in the world.
Zuckerberg said that India has many talented people. I know many people in the company headquarters in India and California who are very talented. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said that his Digital India vision has opened up opportunities for the industry to partner with the government.
A lot of work is being done to empower every citizen digitally and financially in India. The decisions taken here are discussed all over the world.
Zuckerberg has said that his partnership with Jio Platforms will benefit lakhs of small businesses in India. He said, ‘On Facebook we are associated with the business of serving small businesses and for this there can be no better option than India. The number of small businesses is more than six crores and millions of people depend on them for livelihood.
In this partnership with Jio, the help of small businesses will be considered very important. In April this year, Facebook announced an investment of Rs 43,574 crore in Jio Playforms with a 9.99 percent stake. Zuckerberg said that in view of the adverse effect of Kovid-19 on the economy, it has become very important to help small traders.
