IT minister appreciates Apple's plan to produce I-phone 12 smartphones, says it will create jobs

New Delhi, March 11: In a major boost to the Make In India initiative, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has announced that Apple has started the assembly of iPhone 12 in India. He appreciated Apple’s plan saying this step will create jobs in large numbers.

 

 

"Nice to see our efforts to make India a big hub of mobile and components manufacturing is attracting global attention," Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted following news of iPhone 12 production in India.

 

He also further added that this will also give a boost to the government’s effort to make India a big hub of mobile and its components manufacturing is attracting global attention.

 

 

Apple also has announced that it is going to start I-phone 12 in India. "We are proud to be starting production of iPhone 12 in India for our local customers," Apple said in a statement on Thursday, without naming the supplier making the smartphone.

Apple has been shifting some areas of production from China to other markets as it navigates the trade war between Washington and Beijing. Shifting some of the production to India is not only in the interest of Apple but also the Indian economy. It should be noted that India is the world’s second-biggest smartphone market.