NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh has emerged as mobile manufacturing hub in the country accounting for around half of mobile devices production capacity in the country, as per a report released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
“38 new mobile manufacturing units with over 20 million units per month capacity have been set up since September 2015. These units have generated 38,300 employment opportunities,” the report said.
As per the data shared in the report, the total production capacity installed in the country is 20.7 million out of which UP alone accounts for 10 million mobile production capacity followed by Haryana with 2.5 million capacity.
UP alone houses 13 of 38 mobile manufacturing units established in the country. Delhi follows up with 6 mobile manufacturing units, Andhra Pradesh 4 units, Haryana and Uttarakhand 3 each, Maharashtra 2, Telangana 2, 1 each in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Daman.
However, as per mobile industry body Indian Cellular Association there were 39 mobile manufacturing units as of July 2016. (AGENCIES)
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