Behind practically every `Made in India’ Xiaomi phone, there’s a woman

Do you know what powers the huge manufacturing facilities of India’s largest phone maker Xiaomi? It’s an army of young women from India’s hinterland, some just out of their 10th standard, that wo’man’ the assembly lines of Foxconn, the third-party manufacturer for Xiaomi in India.

Foxconn has a dedicated 30-acre facility for Xiaomi phones at Sri City, where women from AP, Tamil Nadu and Odisha comprise nearly 90% of the total 15,000-odd workforce churning out a host of Xiaomi phone models, including high end ones like Redmi Note 8 Pro and .

And women are preferred for their quest for perfection and their nimble fingers that are best suited for such fine, precision jobs. Interestingly, nearly 99% of the Xiaomi phones sold in the country are Made in India.