PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make in India initiative saying that it would help set up a manufacturing base, while generating employment.
In a brief media interaction at Indian Institute Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) convocation, she said that almost everything that her company sells here is "made in India".
Ms Nooyi is an alumni of IIM-C.
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"I think PM is absolutely right in this. It creates a manufacturing base and employment," she said, adding "that's very good."
To a question whether her company is looking to upgrade its Rs. 33,000 crore investment plan by 2020, she quipped "that's a lot of money... lets get on with that."
Ms. Nooyi had a lot of good words for Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu saying that he has been "fantastic and supportive in giving all approvals."
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She was in Sri City on Friday to launch PepsiCo India's largest beverage plant.
She declined to comment on West Bengal saying that she was not prepared for a media interaction.