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India Targets 35–40% Domestic Value Addition in Mobile Phones
India now makes almost all of the mobile phones used in the country.
Officials say the country is adding more local parts to those phones than before.
The local share has grown from about 15% to 22–23%.
India wants that share to reach 35–40%.
Putting phones together has already created many jobs and helped factories become larger.
The government is now supporting companies that make components such as circuit boards and camera modules.
It also wants Indian-made components to be good and affordable enough for other countries to buy.
The goal is not to stop trading with other countries, but to reduce dependence on any one place.
India’s mobile-phone domestic value addition has risen from about 15% to 22–23%, with a goal of 35–40%.
Electronics production reached ₹13.11 lakh crore and exports ₹4.24 lakh crore in 2025-26, supporting nearly 25 lakh jobs.
Mobile-phone production rose to ₹6.27 lakh crore, while exports reached ₹2.60 lakh crore in 2025-26.
The Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme’s funding was increased to ₹40,000 crore, with 75 applications approved.
A new ₹62,500 crore mobile-phone manufacturing scheme will operate for five years from FY2026-27 to FY2030-31.
- Who
- MeitY Secretary S Krishnan and the Indian government’s electronics manufacturing programmes.
- What
- India is expanding mobile-phone and electronics manufacturing while seeking to raise domestic value addition in mobile phones to 35–40%.
- Where
- India, with components and products intended for domestic use and global export markets.
- When
- The data cited covers 2014-15 through 2025-26; related schemes cover March 2025 approval, Budget 2026, and FY2026-27 to FY2030-31.
- Why
- To create jobs, strengthen supply chains, improve export competitiveness, and achieve strategic autonomy without withdrawing from global supply chains.
Key facts
- Electronics production
- Rose from ₹1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15 to ₹13.11 lakh crore in 2025-26.
- Electronics exports
- Rose from ₹38,000 crore in 2014-15 to ₹4.24 lakh crore in 2025-26.
- Mobile-phone production
- Rose from ₹18,900 crore in 2014-15 to ₹6.27 lakh crore in 2025-26.
- Mobile-phone exports
- Rose from ₹1,566 crore in 2014-15 to ₹2.60 lakh crore in 2025-26.
- Domestic value-addition goal
- India aims to increase mobile-phone domestic value addition from about 22–23% to 35–40%.
- Component scheme
- The Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme has a ₹40,000 crore outlay after an increase in Budget 2026.
- Mobile manufacturing scheme
- A ₹62,500 crore programme will run for five years from FY2026-27 to FY2030-31.
Quotes
S Krishnan
Secretary at India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
“When we started out, this entire process of manufacturing mobile phones in the country, which is the big story, we were doing a value addition of about 15%. Now today, domestic value addition in that sector has reached about 22-23%. Ultimately, our goal is to get to about 35-40%.”
businesstoday.in
“The only way that you can be sure that you are competitive is if what you make can be exported. If the rest of the world is prepared to buy what you make, even if it is an intermediate good, then that means you have achieved cost and quality competitiveness.”
businesstoday.in
Sources
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