India's IT Minister Upbeat over Apple's iPhone Expansion and Apple's Charger Supplier opening a Plant in India
It's being reported in India today that IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad reported that Apple has started expanded production of their iPhone XR in India for domestic market and exports, underlying the government's efforts to bolster mobile manufacturing in the country.
Secondly, the minister also revealed that China's Salcomp (owned by Lingyi iTech), the world's largest manufacturer and a major supplier of chargers to Apple for iPhone, has reached agreement to take over closed Nokia facility near Chennai India to make Apple's chargers.
This news shows that some of Apple's supply chain is slowly moving into India.
Lastly, the India Times reports that Salcomp is forecasting that as many as 10,000 people will get jobs directly and 50,000 jobs will be generated indirectly, confirms the minister.
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