Archana Shukla

Workers are testing smartphones in Zetwork's Adar factory in the city of Noida. Factories like these made India a net exporter of mobile handsets, a success India wants to replicate across electronics, electric vehicles, solar panels and even warships. India is still mostly assembling products with parts made in other countries like China.

Josh Folger says government is now promoting component manufacture.

Josh Folger says government is now promoting component manufacture.

But it's not China that India is actually competing with.

But it's not China that India is actually competing with.

Arpita Mukherjee, a trade economist studying international economic relations, says India needs to review its own protectionism stance.

Arpita Mukherjee, a trade economist studying international economic relations, says India needs to review its own protectionism stance.

It's lunchtime here and the factory shop floor is bustling with workers' chatter. Creating jobs for this growing workforce is crucial as India aims to boost its global manufacturing. Reason why India is already warming up to ease controls and push its might to become the factory to the world.

It's lunchtime here and the factory shop floor is bustling with workers' chatter. Creating jobs for this growing workforce is crucial as India aims to boost its global manufacturing. Reason why India is already warming up to ease controls and push its might to become the factory to the world.