New Delhi, August 21: PIB, citing research firm Canalis, according to social media posts, India has carried forward China in the export of smartphones in the United States, a major milestone in the country’s manufacturing journey. According to the post, schemes like Make in India and Production Linked Incentive (PLI) have played an important role in re -shaping the electronics sector.
It states, “As a result of schemes like Make in India and PLI, India is now moving at a new pace in industrial areas in which it was never considered a major manufacturer before. According to a report by research firm Canalis, in the second quarter of this calendar year, in the second quarter of this calendar year, IE, April-June, India has also beat China in terms of smartphones.”
The Post states that during April-June 2025, the Made in India smartphone’s share in the US imports rose by 44 percent, a faster increase in the same quarter of 2024 by 13 percent. At the same time, China’s share declined from 61 percent to just 25 percent in the same period a year ago.
In smartphone exports, this upper is supported by a decade long change in India’s electronics industry. In the last month, the Ministry of Electronics and it expanded the development trajectory in a release, showing that between 2014–15 and 2024–25, India’s Electronics and Mobile Manufacturing sector have seen a notable change. A dramatic jump was also seen in exports, which is Rs. From Rs 38,000 crore. 3.27 lakh crores during the same period.
Production of mobile phones is Rs. 18,000 crores to Rs. 5.45 lakh crores, while exports. 1,500 crores from Rs. Enter 2 lakh crores, 127 times the increase.
Production of electronic goods is Rs. 1.9 lakh crore rupees in 2014-15. 11.3 lakh crore in 2024-25, marking six times the increase. The ministry further disclosed that the mobile construction ecosystem increased rapidly, with an extension of 150 times the number of production units from just two to 300 to 2024-25 in 2014-15.
According to the release, another important aspect of this change is low dependence on India’s imports. In 2014-15, imported phones had 75 percent of the total demand. By 2024–25, this dependence had almost disappeared, which was only 0.02 percent. (AI)