New Delhi: India’s electronics manufacturing is entering a defining phase as global value chains realign and the country strengthens its position as a trusted production and export hub, an industry body said on Thursday.

Achieving the national vision of a $500 billion electronics industry requires sustained scale, competitiveness, and a predictable policy environment across all major manufacturing states, the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) said.

Under the current fiscal support framework, India has built a strong foundation led by mobile phones, it added.

“Mobile phone production has expanded by more than 2700 per cent, whereas exports have multiplied by 130 times, and over 13 lakh jobs have been created in the last ten years,” the ICEA said in a release.

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