Foxconn is said to be almost doubling its staff at the Chennai plant in order to produce [iPhone](https://appleinsider.com/inside/iPhone) models in greatly increased numbers for sale in India.

As Foxconn restarts iPhone production in China following the [Shenzhen lockdown](https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/03/16/foxconn-restarting-iphone-production-as-shenzhen-lockdown-partially-lifts), the company is also planning to expand its plant in India.According to _Economic Times_ of India, it's Apple that [has got](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/foxconn-looks-to-ramp-up-workforce-on-higher-apple-orders-key-licence/articleshow/90918577.cms) the local government's clearance to do what's called "denotifying." Foxconn's Chennai plant operates within a special economic zone (SEZ), which infers certain benefits, along with certain conditions.