In Tamil Nadu, more companies are putting women on the shop floor
The HinduTamil Nadu accounts for over 40% of the entire women workforce in India’s manufacturing sector. “The reason for the high women workforce in Tamil Nadu is that girls are bold and courageous, and families are supportive so that they can go to work,” says Lakshmi Umapathy, Factory Manager, Caterpillar India Private Limited, Tiruvallur. Trendsetter One of the early trendsetters in hiring women for the shop floors was Titan Company Limited, a venture that the Tamil Nadu government and the Tata Group established before liberalisation. He adds that Ola’s cell manufacturing unit, which would start production early next year, will also be an all-women factory and more women would be hired when the company ramps up its scooter production capacity. Bosch India has two functional manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu: one at Oragadam with 100% women workers and the other at Gangaikondan, with 80% women workers on the shop floor.
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