Handset makers may hire around 50K people by March 2021, driven by PLI scheme

MUMBAI: The handset industry is set to hire around 50,000 direct employees by March, 2021, under the impetus of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, which has encouraged global and local players to set up and expand manufacturing factories in India.

Recruiters say the blue collared workforce returning to the cities and the push for diversity, has mobile makers set up hiring mandates with assurance of safe workplaces amidst Covid-19 outbreak.