BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya fired back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, calling out his recent speech abroad for painting a wrong picture of India’s booming manufacturing sector. Gandhi, speaking at EIA University in Medellin, Colombia, claimed that “India doesn’t manufacture.” But Malviya quickly hit social media platform X to share solid data and stats, showing how India has transformed into a manufacturing powerhouse since 2014.
“Every time Rahul Gandhi heads overseas, he grabs a microphone to downplay India,” Malviya posted. “His outdated script feels like it’s from 2013-14. But look at India in 2025—it’s a manufacturing economy on the rise.” He slammed Gandhi’s points as relics from a past era and highlighted key sectors like phones, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and apparel, plus boosts from foreign direct investment (FDI), skill programs, and the upcoming GST 2.0 reforms.
Malviya backed his words with numbers. In electronics, India’s production jumped sixfold from Rs 1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs 11.3 lakh crore in 2024-25. Electronics exports soared eight times, from Rs 38,000 crore to Rs 3.27 lakh crore. Mobile phone production exploded 28 times, from Rs 18,000 crore to Rs 5.45 lakh crore, while exports rocketed 127 times to nearly Rs 2 lakh crore. “India went from big importer to global hub—now the world’s second-largest mobile manufacturer,” Malviya noted, pointing to surging FDI in electronics since 2021.
He turned to the pharma industry next, where India shines as the “Pharmacy of the World.” The sector ranks third globally by volume and 14th by value, supplying over 50% of the world’s vaccine demand and about 40% of U.S. generic drugs.
Malviya also spotlighted broader economic wins. Total FDI in India hit $748.78 billion over the last 11 years (2014-25), a massive 143% increase from the $308.38 billion during Congress’s 2003-2014 rule. In automobiles, India now ranks as the fourth-largest producer worldwide, with deeper growth in production scale.
The textiles sector has become a key driver too, contributing 2.3% to GDP, 13% of industrial output, and 12% of total exports. It’s set to create around 45 million direct jobs, mainly in small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
“Manufacturing isn’t just about factories—it’s about people,” Malviya said. “It’s creating millions of jobs for semi-skilled and skilled workers.” He added that India generated about 17 crore jobs in the past decade, bringing the unemployment rate down to 5.1%.
Wrapping up, Malviya praised a wave of policies fueling India’s manufacturing surge, including better logistics, industrial growth, urban development, and entrepreneurship support. “GST 2.0, with its simpler two-slab rates and cuts on essentials, is slashing costs and firing up consumer spending,” he wrote. “Keep talking down India abroad if you want—the factories here are changing the game every day.”
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