India bets billions on breaking China's grip on smartphone manufacturing | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. India unveiled billions of dollars in new incentives for smartphone manufacturing and an expanded semiconductor push on Wednesday, seeking to build on its success assembling Apple’s iPhones and draw more of the global electronics supply chain away from China. Called the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme, the ₹625 billion (about $6.5 billion) program will run for five years and reward smartphone manufacturers based on eligible sales, with incentives ranging from 2.25% to 5% and an additional 1.5% for sourcing key components and sub-assemblies in India. New Delhi also committed a further ₹1.28 trillion (around $13.3 billion) to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing, expanding a $10 billion chip incentive program launched in 2021 with greater support for chip equipment, materials, design, and research. Over the past decade, India has emerged as an increasingly important smartphone manufacturing hub, drawing production from Apple, Samsung, and Chinese brands including Xiaomi, O