Handset manufacturing industry expects to hire 50,000 direct employees by December

ICEA said 1,100% growth was achieved during 2014-19, adding — in its report on post-pandemic mobile manufacturing — that the manufacturing industry will remain labour intensive with factories reopening.

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“After 1,100% growth achieved in mobile phone manufacturing which has enabled saturation of domestic demand and started exports, we are on the verge of an explosive growth. There has been a small delay in the take off because of the pandemic but in spite of that, we will add around 50,000 direct jobs by December end,” said Pankaj Mohindroo

Mumbai: The handset manufacturing industry expects to recruit some 50,000 direct employees by December end, with the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme starting to move the hiring machines for the likes of Foxconn, Wistron, Samsung and local players such as Dixon and Lava.The development may come as a brief breather to a country which saw nearly five million salaried people losing their jobs in July, according to the Centre for Monitoring

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Aug 19, 2020, 11:59 PM IST

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