Maruti Suzuki Signs ₹35,000 Crore Agreement for Second Gujarat Mega-Plant
Maruti Suzuki India Limited is going to set up a factory at Khoraj, which is near Ahmedabad. They have made a deal, with the Gujarat government to do this. Maruti Suzuki India Limited will spend a lot of money, ₹35,000 crore on this factory.
The Gujarat government and Maruti Suzuki India Limited made this deal official on Saturday, January 17 2026. On that day Managing Director Hisashi Takeuchi gave the investment plan to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Maruti Suzuki India Limited is really moving forward with this project.
The company is building a project and this will be their second big place in the state. They already have a place at Hansalpur. The new place will be really big. Cover about 1,750 acres of land. The Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation or GIDC, for short has set aside this land for the company that makes cars, the automaker.
Production Capacity and Staged Rollout
The Khoraj plant is built to make a lot of vehicles every year one million to be exact. The company has told the state that they will do this project in four parts. Each part will add 2.5 lakh vehicles to what they can make in total. The Khoraj plant will get bigger and better with each of these four parts.
Work on the construction will start soon. The first cars will be made at the factory during the 2028 to 2029 year. When this factory is working at speed Maruti Suzuki will be able to make a lot of cars in Gujarat. This includes the Hansalpur plant and the new fourth line that is coming. Maruti Suzuki will be able to make two million cars every year in Gujarat. The new factory will help Maruti Suzuki make more cars. Maruti Suzuki is going to be very big, in Gujarat.
Strategic Goals and Vision 3.0
The company is investing a lot of money. This is a big part of their plan called “Vision 3.0”. The goal of “Vision 3.0” is to make four million units by the end of the 2030-31 year.
The company has factories in Haryana. These factories are, in Manesar, Gurugram and a new one is being built in Kharkhoda. The company is really counting on “Vision 3.0” and these factories to help them reach their goal of making four million units.
The Gujarat expansion is also meant to help the company reach its goal of selling three times vehicles every year which is 7.5 lakh units, by the year 2030.
The Gujarat expansion is near the Khoraj site and this site is close to ports, like Mundra Port so it will be easier to send vehicles to other countries.
The Gujarat expansion plant is built in a way that it can make types of vehicles at the same time like the internal combustion engine models and the hybrid vehicles and the Gujarat expansion can also make battery electric vehicles.
Employment Projections and Regional Impact
The state government thinks that the new facility will give jobs to around 12,000 people.
The officials also think that when the big company comes it will help create a lot of jobs in smaller companies that make car parts deliver things and do small engineering work.
This can give jobs to up to 7.5 lakh people. The state government and officials are talking about the facility and the big company that will come.
The new facility will give jobs to people. The big company will help the automotive ancillary ecosystem.
The automotive ancillary ecosystem will have component suppliers, logistics partners and small-scale engineering firms that will give jobs to people.
The state government and officials are happy about the facility and the big company that will come and give jobs to people.
The new facility and the big company will help people get jobs. This is good, for the state.
The ceremony in Gandhinagar had a lot of people there like Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi and Maruti Suzuki Whole Time Director Sunil Kakkar. The Chief Minister said that the states industrial policy was really important for getting this investment. This investment happened after the board said yes to spending ₹4,960 crore on land at the start of this month. The states industrial policy was a reason for this. The Chief Minister talked about the policy of the state and how it helped get the investment, for Maruti Suzuki.
Maruti Suzuki’s current annual production stands at a record 22.55 lakh units as of the 2025 calendar year. The company is expected to provide further updates on the Khoraj project’s specific vendor park allocations during its quarterly earnings call later this month.
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