India’s cell phone exports rise 127 occasions to 2 lakh crore in 10 years

Export of cellphones from India elevated by 127 occasions to succeed in ₹2 lakh crore within the final 10 monetary years, Parliament was knowledgeable on Wednesday (July 23, 2025).

According to information shared by Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada in a written reply to Lok Sabha, the export of cellphones “increased 127 times” from India from ₹1,500 crore in 2014-15 to ₹2 lakh crore in 2024-25.

“The PLI Scheme for LSEM has already attracted a cumulative investment of ₹12,390 crore, led to a cumulative production of ₹8,44,752 crore with exports of₹4,65,809 crore and generated additional employment of 1,30,330 (direct jobs) till June 2025,” the minister mentioned.

The manufacturing linked incentive (PLI) scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing was primarily meant for cell phone manufacturing.

The minister mentioned that 75% of the entire cell phone demand within the nation was met by imports in 2014-15, which has now dropped to 0.02% in 2024-25.

“PLI Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing has significantly impacted the mobile manufacturing sector in India particularly in transforming India from a net importer to a net exporter of mobile phones. Bharat is now the second largest mobile manufacturing country in the world,” the Minister mentioned.

Prasada mentioned the PLI Scheme 2.0 for IT {hardware} has attracted a cumulative funding of ₹717.13 crore, led to a cumulative manufacturing of ₹12,195.84 crore and generated extra employment of 5,056 (direct jobs) until June.

“Total FDI in the field of electronics manufacturing in the last 5 years (i.e. since FY 2020-21) is $4,071 million, cumulative FDI of $2,802 million has been contributed by MeitY PLI beneficiaries,” the minister mentioned.