India is often perceived as being weak in manufacturing, especially when compared to China. But investment banker Sarthak Ahuja believes this perception is far from accurate. In a detailed post on LinkedIn, he highlighted India’s rising strength across key industries — electronics, defense, renewable energy, and pharma — backing his claim with numbers that sparked wide discussion online. Advertisement
“A lot of people think India is very poor at manufacturing, but it’s about time we hear some facts that never come to light,” Ahuja wrote.
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India has emerged as the second-largest manufacturer of mobile phones, exporting over $30 billion annually. Exports have grown 132-fold in the past decade, a sign of the country’s rapidly scaling prod