What do labour law violations at Foxconn say about Make in India?

 In 2021, India announced production-linked incentive schemes for thirteen sectors to push the Make in India initiative. But alleged disregard by factories may cast a pall on its manufacturing dreams

Last week, the Union Minister of State for Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the government would love to see the world’s largest contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company invest in India, among other firms. His statement came amid the government’s efforts to attract semiconductor companies with a $10 billion incentive scheme launched last month.
As India tries to woo one Taiwanese giant, another has been embroiled in a labor issue at its factory near Chennai in Tamil Nadu.
Protests started at Foxconn’s factory after more than 250 women workers, who live at one of the company’s hostels, had to be treated for food poisoning. The factory employs 17,000 workers and makes iPhones for Apple. The Taiwanese company is the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer.
The factory has been shut down since December 18. Some of the women told a news outlet that workers slept on the floor in rooms that housed between 6 to 30 women.

The toilets reportedly had no running water and food sometimes had worms on them.
Food safety officials closed the hostel’s kitchen after finding rats and poor drainage.
Apple and Foxconn accepted that some dormitories and dining rooms at the factory did not meet the required standards.
In fact, Foxconn attracted global media attention after 14 workers committed suicide at its factories in China in 2010 over low pay and stressful work conditions.