Make In India

The Jio Phone, when it was announced, was being touted as being Made in India, by Indians, for India. But the ground reality is that the initial batches of the Jio Phone will be manufactured in China, with Indian manufacturing beginning…

Flipkart has launched 'Billion', its Made-for-India brand which will partner with domestic brands under the Make in India scheme, for products with the Indian Touch.

Taiwan-based World’s largest electronics contract manufacturing company: Foxconn, already manufactures around 4 million handsets in India, for companies like InFocus, Oppo, Xiaomi, Nokia and Gionee. It seems that this was only a…

Move over Elon Musk! India’s pride ISRO will unleash solar powered, hybrid electric cars in India, which has the potential to totally revolutionise electric car market in India. These new, hybrid cars would be 100% Make in India,…

China’s state-sponsored media outlet: Global Times has issued a warning to India over its Make In India mission. In fact, the article published actually threatens India with ‘trade war’, if Indian Govt. continues its ‘protectionism’…

Walmart, which is world’s largest retailer, is playing the game skillfully in India. Combining the buzz of Make in India program, and the news that FDI rules for multi-brand retail may be relaxed, Walmart has thrown in a tempting…

Last year in December, Apple was in talks with the Government of India to manufacture phones in India. Considering the expensive price tag of iPhones, it made sense for Apple to start local manufacturing to improve the sales figures.…

Early this year, World’s largest tech company, Apple, had demanded an avalanche of goodies from Indian Govt., for establishing a manufacturing base in India. Some of the demands included 15 years custom holiday, ‘Always Open’ customs…

The Chinese smartphone maker, Xiaomi has taken the Indian industry by the storm. The company opened its first manufacturing plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh in 2015 to manufacture phones for India, in association with Foxconn. Now,…

BlackBerry has had a very rough year in 2016, as the company announced its departure from the hardware business to focus completely on software. This meant new partnerships to manufacture smartphones, and India being a key market, led…