Tucked away behind large complexes of towering apartment blocks in Manesar, Haryana, the hum of injection-moulding and die-casting machines fills the air in a smallish factory. Hundreds of small components, some no larger than a thumbnail, are assembled by factory workers, many of them women, into larger assemblies and eventually into two-wheeler switchgear and grips. Trucks then ship these components to virtually every two-wheeler manufacturer across the country. And even globally. This was the first major factory established by Uno Minda. And it isn’t just two-wheelers, virtually every vehicle that comes out of a factory in India has components manufactured…


