Jobs in India: The world’s giant company Apple Inc. is going to create about 6 lakh jobs in India this year. These jobs will be created through Apple as well as the companies working for it. Out of these, about 2 lakh people will get a chance to work directly for Apple. The number of women in the new jobs is going to be about 70 percent. These job opportunities will be created by March in this financial year.
Making India a new stronghold for manufacturing
According to a report by Economic Times, Apple wants to reduce its dependence on manufacturing in China as soon as possible. It has made India its new stronghold. The company wants to do as much manufacturing as possible in India. Due to this, there will be a boom in jobs in the country. Based on the data and estimates given to the government by Apple and its associated companies, the report claims that this year, about 6 lakh jobs will be created, including direct and indirect employment.
1.65 lakh jobs were given through these companies
The report quoted sources as saying that Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron have created about 80,872 jobs. Wistron has now become Tata Electronics. Apart from this, Tata Group, Salcomp, Motherson, Foxlink, Sunwoda, ATL and Jabil, which supply to Apple, have also created more than 84 thousand jobs.
Included in the companies creating the highest number of blue collar jobs
In recent times, Apple has become one of the companies creating the most blue collar jobs in the country. A large number of youth as well as women work for Apple. A senior official said that since the Smartphone Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI Scheme) came in the year 2020, Apple’s vendors have created about 165,000 jobs. The government believes that 1 direct job in the electronics industry creates 3 indirect jobs.
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