Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal had announced on April 5 that Elon Musk would be appointed to the Board contingent on a background check and formal acceptance.
The development comes at a time when demand for alternate, open-source social media platforms are gaining momentum due to blatant censorship by Facebook and Twitter.
In July 2021, OpIndia had reported that Musk was seeking temporary relief in import tariffs. Indian government has been urging to manufacture cars in India and discourage imports by relatively high import duty to encourage the make-in-India initiative.