Divakar Vijayasarathy, founder and managing partner at consultancy firm DVS Advisors LLP, said Modi called for Make in India in his first Independence Day speech in 2014. He said Modi has rebranded it to Make for the World to make India as a manufacturing powerhouse, which China did exceptionally well over the years. “It is high time that this strategy should be in place. India has already missed opportunities during the start of the trade war between the US and China. But Covid-19 and China’s attitude towards other nations have presented one more opportunity to take advantage of the negative perception of China.”
