New Delhi: Breaking from routine political exchanges, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday expressed appreciation for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter acknowledged large-scale job creation at a Foxconn facility in Karnataka.
In a post on X, Vaishnaw said the leader of the Opposition had recognised the “success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ programme,” referring to the expansion of manufacturing employment in the state.
Rahul had earlier shared a media report titled ‘Foxconn hires 30k staff at new, women-led unit’, using it to underline the need for dignified employment and inclusive growth. In his post on X, he highlighted the speed and scale of hiring at the facility, writing: “30,000 staff hired in just eight-nine months – the fastest factory ramp-up seen in India so far. This is not just a statistic. It is transformative job creation. What makes it even more powerful is that the unit is largely women-led, with around 80% women, most aged 19-24, and for many, this is their first job.”
He further said Karnataka was demonstrating how the right industrial ecosystem can enable manufacturing growth at scale, adding:
“Karnataka is setting an example by creating an ecosystem where manufacturing can grow at this scale and speed. This is the India we must build: jobs with dignity, and opportunities for all.”
According to the report cited by Gandhi, Taiwanese electronics giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (Foxconn) has hired nearly 30,000 workers at its new iPhone assembly plant in Devanahalli, near Bengaluru, within a span of eight to nine months. The development is being described as the fastest factory ramp-up ever recorded in India.
