A new study of CDS Center (CDS) based on Thiruvananthapuram (CDS) claims that profits from Indian mobile phone production are greater than previously skeptical analysis. The addition of home value has already reached 23%, says the report compared to one -digit estimates elsewhere.
Specifically, the report disagrees with the idea that the telephone compilation is the “business surplus” area, which is a point that has been explained mainly by RBI Raghuram Rajan, who stated in a short document with his colleague Lamb, that India was still importing almost all components that were made in mobile phones.
Production of mobile phones – supported by the government schemes of trade union governments, such as the motivational scheme of interconnected production – for Indian domestic electronics was made up for much offered success and hopes for hope for similarly promising results elsewhere. According to industry estimates, 4.1 lakh crore mobile phones were produced in India, India. The number does not necessarily testify to build a phone as part of the economy, as the assembly is usually estimated that it represents only 4% of the sales price of the phone.
The case against India, which runs an excess telephone shop, is based on the “misleading assumption” that the import of components that get into such assemblies goes exclusively to phones, and then sent back from the country, C. Veeramani, said CDS director. “We have used data from the annual survey of industries, and this shows that the actual use of imported components in the mobile phone sector is less than 25%.”
Dr. Veeramani reported its findings of the press at the action of the Indian Association of Cell and Electronic Association (ICEA), a trade body representing electronics manufacturer; The estimates of the CDS director at home were even higher, said Icea: “The total two (Direct + indirect) increased to 23%, which in 2022-23 reached more than $ 10 billion,” the report said.
Chinese factor
The key recommendation in the report is to focus on scaling of assembly operations in the medium term than on immediately pressing companies to get components from local sources. “We cannot have a robust (electronic production) strategy that keeps China outside that will not work,” Dr. Veeramani. “China must be part of the game and there is a need to change thinking.” If Chinese companies were invested in India, Dr. Veeramani, they should not motivate the movement of investment goods and Chinese nationals to India, which in recent months has been facing some manufacturers of phones and semiconductors.
Published – July 24, 2025 05:45
