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YEARS

OF VOCAL FOR LOCAL MOBILE PRODUCTION INCREASED,
COVER STORY
AND IMPORTS DECREASED

India was a major importer of mobile phones
in 2014-15. At that time only 5.8 crore units
were produced in the country while 21 crore
units were imported. At the same time, in
2023-24, 33 crore units were produced in
Today, India has become a India and only 0.3 crore units were imported.
powerhouse of manufacturing About 5 crore units were exported.
and due to the youth power of
the country, the eyes of the world
are on us. Be it Automobiles,
Textiles, Aviation, Electronics, or
Defense, the country's exports Increase
are continuously increasing in in mobile
r1.57 r19.45 lakh crore
every sector. lakh crore production

- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
2004-14 2014-24

year. This number is so much that it can be parked
from Delhi to Moscow, the capital of Russia. Today,
India manufactures 100 million kilometers of optical
fiber every year, which is enough to wrap the whole
world 2500 times. Today, India makes 40 crore toys 82 times
every year, that is, it makes 10 new toys every second. increase in
mobile phone
The export of toys in India was Rs 224 crore in the r1,566 r1,28,982 exports
year 2014, which has now increased to Rs 1,339 crore crore
crore. Similarly, the sale of Khadi was Rs 31 thousand
crore in 2014, which has now reached Rs 1.34 lakh 2014-15 2023-24
crore. One district-one product has increased the
competition of micro-enterprises. India ranks 5th in
the world in solar energy capacity today. India's solar Drugs and pharmaceuticals
energy system can cover an area equivalent to about
2 lakh football fields. India alone produces about 60 exports increased by 8.36
percent of the world's vaccines, which means every percent from $2.13 billion to
second vaccine in the world is Made in India today. In $2.31 billion in July 2024 as
the last 10 years, a new startup has started every hour compared to July 2023.
in India and created 15 lakh jobs.
India today produces so much cloth every year
that it can be wrapped around the earth 500 times.
This industry has created 14.5 crore jobs. In defense
production, India has reached Rs 1.27 lakh crore in the India is the second-largest mobile manufacturing
year 2023-24. India also exports bulletproof jackets of country in the world today. 99.2 percent of the mobiles
international standard to more than 100 countries of consumers are using today are Made in India. Today,
the world. India now exports weapons to 90 countries.
the Vande Bharat train equipped with state-of-the-

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