India's mobile phone exports have registered another strong performance, according to a press release by India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA). The release stated that smartphone exports crossed an estimated USD 1.8 billion in September 2025, reflecting a year-on-year growth of ove
India's mobile phone exports have surged 127 times in a decade and they grew from Rs 1,500 crore to Rs 2 Lakh crore, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Jitin Prasada informed Lok Sabha in a written reply Wednesday.
The central government has slashed import duty on several key components used in the production of mobile phones, in a bid to boost the country's electronics exports.
The telecom industry in India has become investment-oriented and an employment generator and exports of mobile are expected to exceed USD 10 billion in the current financial year 2022-23, said Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the government is working to broaden the electronic manufacturing ecosystem beyond mobile phones to increase global share in hearables and wearables segment, IT hardware, electronic components, etc.
India's mobile exports so far during the current financial year are worth around Rs 50,000 crore and are expected to quadruple in comparison to that of the year 2020-21, DPIIT Secretary Anurag Jain told ANI.