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Later the PM had an interaction with Apple CEO Tim Cook. The PM urged Cook to look at manufacturing in India, especially since apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn had already set up a manufacturing base in India.

Apple CEO Tim Cook with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Indian Ambassador to the US Arun Kumar Singh said that the Apple CEO was positive about this, though he appeared more keen on the developing the app ecosystem for iOS out of India thanks to its design base. The two also discussed the scope of Apple Pay in initiatives like India’s Jan Dhan policy.

Later in the day, Satya Nadella of Microsoft, Sundar Pichai of google, John Chambers of Cisco and Paul Jacobs of Quallcomm also met the Prime Minister.

On Sunday, the PM will visit the Facebook headquarters followed by a visit to the Google Headquarters in Mountain View where Sundar Pichai is expected to announce free WiFi for 500 railway stations in India.