Despite ramping up benefits for local manufacturers, the Indian government has made no proposal to position the country as an export hub for Apple devices like the iPhone.
Apple's iPhone assembly partners in India are expected to benefit from the country's $6.6 billion Production-Linked Incentive Scheme, an initiative to encourage the production of smartphones in the region.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has banned 118 apps — including "PUBG: Mobile" — claiming that they are "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity" of India.
Apple is preparing to start taking orders for iPhones and other products from its online store in India — and there are murmurs of a second retail store in the country.
Apple on Monday confirmed plans to locally manufacture the iPhone SE in India, likely a part of a broader strategy to bolster its footprint in the country.
Apple is reportedly planning to produce upcoming "iPhone 12" models locally in India that will be ready to ship by the middle of 2021.
Apple assembly partner Wistron is allegedly preparing to hire up to 10,000 staff at its iPhone production facility in Narasapura, India, with a major hiring spree reportedly taking place in the next week.
Already reportedly used by more than a million people, Apna is an app and a service — but not on iOS — which connects companies and potential employees in India.
The iPhone was the most popular premium smartphone in India for the second quarter of 2020, according to IDC, but while the smartphone market in China slumped as a whole, Apple continued to see growth in the important market.
An inconsistent report claims that unnamed Apple manufacturing partners are moving six iPhone production lines to India, as part of an increasing trend to relocate from China.
Apple's assembly partners Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wistron have all applied to participate in India's $6.6 billion Production-Linked Incentive Scheme, in a bid for benefits for increasing production of smartphones in the country.
The company's plant near Chennai has previously made the iPhone XR, but this is the first time Foxconn has made any of the iPhone 11 range in the country.
Apple assembly partner Pegatron has plans to open a factory in India as the U.S.-China trade war continues.
Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn is reportedly preparing to infuse up to $1 billion into a production facility in India, an investment supposedly made at the behest of Apple.
Ships from companies including iPhone manufacturer Foxconn had been held up by customs at Indian ports over ongoing China/India tensions, but at least some have now been cleared.
Apple and Google are complying with a new Indian government order to block apps developed by Chinese firms.
Over 150 Foxconn large-scale component shipments were stuck at the port of Chennai after clashes at the disputed Galwan Valley turned deadly, forcing continued backups in iPhone assemblies in India.
Freight arriving by container ship with a China origin containing goods from US firms including Apple and Dell are being held up as Indian ports refuse to clear shipments.
Apple appears poised to begin iPhone SE assembly in India, and in doing so, will be able to avoid a steep tax levied on smartphones imported into the country.
India is making it more attractive for Apple and other mobile phone companies to set up production facilities in the country by adjusting the rules for its PLI scheme, a change that could allow Apple to increase manufacturing in the region.
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