India's Electronic Revolution: Mobile Phone Imports Down to Near Zero

The country has seen a dramatic decline in mobile phone imports to merely 0.02% of domestic demand, thanks to government initiatives under Atma Nirbhar Bharat. Electronic goods production has surged to Rs 11.3 lakh crore, with mobile and semiconductor manufacturing seeing significant growth. Export figures for mobile phones also rose sharply.

India's import of mobile phones has almost reached insignificance, with figures dropping to 0.02% of the nation's domestic demand from 75% a decade ago, as revealed in Parliament.

Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Jitin Prasada, highlighted a six-fold increase in electronic goods production to Rs 11.3 lakh crore in 2024-25, up from Rs 1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15. The government has initiated comprehensive strategies to foster an electronic manufacturing ecosystem, including semiconductor production.

Mobile phone production soared 28 times in value to Rs 5.5 lakh crore, bolstered by several initiatives. The government's PLI scheme offers incentives for hardware production, while other programs like SPECS and ECMS aim to make India a global electronics manufacturing powerhouse.

(With inputs from agencies.)