India bets billions to break China’s control over smartphone manufacturing | TechCrunch0

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• July 15, 2026

India on Wednesday unveiled billions of dollars in new incentives for smartphone manufacturing and an expanded semiconductor push, seeking to build on its success in assembling Apple’s iPhones and shift more of the global electronics supply chain away from China. Called the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme, the ₹625 billion (around $6.5 billion) program will run