IKEA's Make in India Program

"IKEA held our hand through the journey — training, counselling and guiding us and our workers at every step," says Zafar Iqbal Ansari, chairman, Eastern Home Industries.Ansari's factory, the one dedicated to IKEA, employs 2,000 people (up from around 100 in 2008-09), 300 of whom are women. The Swedish multinational helped organize training programs for women to make them employable.

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