New Delhi, July 20 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Government's 'Make in India' initiative saying it is merely assembling and not manufacturing as he called for ground-level changes to help move beyond the assembly line.

"Until India becomes self-reliant in production, talks of jobs, growth and 'Make in India' will remain mere speeches," he also said.

"Ground-level change is needed so that India moves beyond the assembly line to become a true manufacturing power and can compete with China on equal footing," he wrote in a post in Hindi on X.

"Do you know that 80 per cent of the components of most TVs made in India come from China? "In the name of 'Make in India,' we are merely assembling - not truly manufacturing....