
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group looks to reach an agreement soon with India's government on building a solar power plant there, with part of the funding coming from the Japanese technology company's Saudi-backed Vision Fund.
Masayoshi Son, the group's founder and CEO, leads the negotiations with New Delhi. The project will cost $60 billion and include production of solar cells, local media report. SoftBank presented a plan that calls for creating 200,000 jobs in India by 2030.