Apple's vendors create 30,000 new jobs under PLI scheme in India

Achieve 25% of the target of generating 120,000 new jobs under PLI scheme in just over a year

Apple’s three vendors in the country have hit the milestone of creating 30,000 new direct jobs since the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for mobile devices kicked off in April 2021.

Based on the government’s estimate that one direct job in the electronics industry helps to generate three indirect ones, Apple’s vendors, Foxconn Hon Hai, Wistron and Pegatron, are close to creating 100,000 direct and indirect jobs.

The direct jobs that the vendors have created account for a fourth of Apple’s commitment to generate 60 per cent of the new direct jobs out of the 200,000 jobs targeted by the government under the