In the tech sector, India has not been known for innovation, and has historically always sold itself on its low cost software development and business process outsourcing. From a manufacturing point of view, it also had an ambition to be a manufacturing hub, but that often meant low cost manufacturing and assembly for imported kits and components. It has never really been able to shake off its image as a place for cheap software and manufacturing.
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