India the new Manufacturing Hub
The world is amazed with the speed of the 5G roll out in India and now the entire world is looking at India and acknowledges India as a leader in this aspect. India started 5G on 1st October 2022. 1st October. In the time frame of 18 – 19 months, 4,35,000 towers of 5G were installed.
While most of Europe still relies on 3G and 4G networks, India has already implemented 5G as early as 2022. Most of Europe has no 5G. There is mostly 3G, 4G is also not there in many places.
“The world’s fastest rollout of 5G has happened in India. And the whole world is surprised by this. Now in the world, everyone says that if it happens in India, it will be of a different scale” said Shri Ashwini Vaishnav, Union minister.
while speaking at the event Viksit Bharat Ambassador at National Stock Exchange, Mumbai the minister emphasized the fact that the equipment used in the 5G technology were also developed indigenously which highlights the technological advancement of the country.
“The equipment used in the 5G rollout, 80 per cent of that equipment is made in India. That’s something which is amazing. That is what is currently happening in our country,” he added.
India is becoming the manufacturing hub of the world. It was highlighted that India has rolled out the world’s fastest 5G network with indigenously developed equipment and also cited the example of a girl from a village in Bihar and said, after training she is operating complex mobile equipment with great confidence.
Vaishnav said “Recently, I went to a mobile manufacturing factory. There is a girl from Patna, who is operating a very complex machine called SMT. She is operating that machine. I asked her how difficult it was for her. She said that in the beginning, after seeing the machine, I used to wonder what it is. But after some training and practice, confidence increased”
He further said, “I asked her, what is the biggest change in your life? She said, that when I go back to the village, I get more respect than the village head, MLA and MP. Village people say, she manufactures mobile.”
