India within pole-vaulting distance to be able to replace China as factory to the world: Anand Mahindra

India is within a pole-vaulting distance of being able to replace China as the factory to the world and the suspicions of the neighbour's ambitions and post-Covid supply chain disruptions have also worked in the country's favour, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said on Friday. In his address to the shareholders at the company's AGM, Mahindra used the metaphor of a pole vaulter, who needs multiple factors to converge for a successful pole vault and said the comparison is "even more apt in today's times because India is ready to pole vault".