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How Is India Growing More Factories? 🚀

The Make in India plan began in 2014 to encourage building more products inside the country.

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Key Points

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Electronics production increased almost seven times from 2014 to 2025.

Vehicle production reached over thirty‑one million units in 2024‑25.

India’s pharmaceutical industry is now the third biggest in the world by volume.

The country built more than one hundred and sixty thousand new steel tonnes each year.

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Since then, factories for phones, cars, medicines, steel and trains have become much larger.

New technology like special magnets and advanced computer chips are also being made here.

All of this growth creates jobs and helps India compete with other countries.

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10 words

manufacturing

the process of making goods in factories

infrastructure

the basic physical systems like roads, power and water that support a country

innovation

creating new ideas, products, or ways of doing things

electronics

devices that work with electricity, such as smartphones and computers

pharmaceuticals

drugs and medicines that treat illnesses

steel

a strong metal used for building structures and machines

railways

the system of trains and tracks used for transportation

defence

equipment and technology used to protect a nation

components

individual parts that are assembled to create a larger product

machinery

large machines that help produce goods

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