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British company Rolls-Royce is working on a plan to make India its third largest domestic market. This will further strengthen engineering and innovation cooperation between India and Britain. Rolls-Royce is looking for new opportunities in jet engines, naval propulsion systems and other areas. The company has a 90-year-old history in India and is already working with engineering centres, supply chain partnerships and aerospace-defense institutes. Due to this, the price of Rolls-Royce cars worth crores can be reduced in India.
British company Rolls-Royce is now thinking of making India its third largest domestic market. Company CEO Tufan Erginbilgich said this during his recent visit to India. This news has come from the post of British High Commission. Rolls-Royce already considers UK as its main market and now wants to keep India at number three. This will further strengthen cooperation in engineering and innovation between India and Britain. Also, car prices may reduce in India.
The company says that this will open up new possibilities in jet engines, propulsion systems for the Navy and other areas. Rolls-Royce has a 90-year-old history in India and already has engineering centres, supply chain partnerships and work with aerospace and defense institutes. Recently the company has expanded its Global Capability and Innovation Center in India, which supports civil space, defence, digital services and engineering teams.
This plan of the company can be completed by 2030
Although the company has not made a clear announcement of setting up any new production unit in India, the plan to create a domestic market is expected to increase production and supply here. Rolls-Royce is planning to at least double its supply chain sourcing from India by 2030. This will promote local partnership and talent development. The company believes that this step will be beneficial due to India’s growing economy and defense needs. Rolls-Royce has been present in India for 25 years and produces more than 2600 engines and gensets under the MTU brand, which are used in the Navy, Army, Mining and Power sectors. The company expects that by 2026-27 its private sector power system business will exceed government supply. The reason for this is the increasing demand for backup power in data centers, semiconductor sites, factories and institutions.
How much can the price of Rolls-Royce be reduced in India?
This scheme is expected to reduce prices, as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) signed between India and the UK in July 2025 will reduce tariffs and ease market access. With this agreement, trade between the two countries is expected to double by 2030. Due to reduced import duty, Rolls-Royce products, such as jet engines and power systems, may become cheaper in India. Although the exact amount of reduction is not yet clear, but experts say that by increasing local sourcing, the cost can reduce by 20-30 percent. At the same time, according to media reports, under the Free Trade Deal (FTA) between India and the UK, this duty will be gradually reduced to about 10%, due to which it is considered possible to reduce the prices of cars like Rolls-Royce by 30–40%.
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