The biggest manufacturing unit of Apple iPhone in India is going to be set up near Hosur in Bengaluru. The establishment will employ around 60,000 people, Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.
While speaking at the Janjatiya Gaurav Divas ceremony, Vaishnaw said that six thousand tribal women residing near Ranchi and Hazaribagh have been trained for making iPhones.
“Apple’s iPhone is now getting made in India and it’s the biggest plant in India is being set up at Hosur near Bengaluru. 60,000 people work in a single factory. The first 6,000 employees of these 60,000 employees are our tribal sisters from places nearby Ranchi and Hazaribagh. Tribal sisters have been trained to make Apple iPhone,” the minister said.
Apple has outsourced the manufacturing of iPhone enclosures to Tata Electronics, which has a plant at Hosur.
