{"id":1309740,"date":"2026-05-22T10:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1309740"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:49:48","slug":"lava-will-invest-rs-1100-crore-for-manufacturing-made-in-india-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/lava-will-invest-rs-1100-crore-for-manufacturing-made-in-india-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Lava Will Invest Rs 1100 Crore For Manufacturing Made In India Smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Indian smartphone maker Lava International is preparing for one of its biggest manufacturing expansions yet, announcing plans to invest \u20b91,100 crore over the next five years in India\u2019s electronics components ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The company said the investment will focus on building domestic manufacturing capabilities<\/a> for critical smartphone components including display modules, camera modules, multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs), enclosures, and chargers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is expected to significantly increase localisation in India\u2019s smartphone manufacturing supply chain while also creating nearly 8,500 jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lava Wants To Make More Components Inside India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lava executives said the company\u2019s long-term strategy is to reduce dependence on imported components and increase value addition within India itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to senior company officials, Lava currently has the capacity to manufacture nearly 4 crore mobile phones annually. However, the company now wants to manufacture many of the critical internal components domestically rather than relying heavily on foreign suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of this diversification push, Lava has already inaugurated a new charger manufacturing facility at its Noida plant. The company says the chargers are designed in India and use mostly locally sourced components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, Lava claims the newly manufactured chargers are nearly 20% cheaper compared to previously sourced units while also improving production efficiency and quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Backstory: Why This Is A Big Deal For India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lava\u2019s announcement reflects a much larger transformation happening inside India\u2019s electronics manufacturing ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, India primarily functioned as an assembly hub where smartphones were assembled locally using heavily imported components \u2014 especially from China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While companies manufactured final products in India, much of the actual value creation still happened outside the country because critical parts like displays, camera modules, semiconductors, PCBs, and batteries were imported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This created a major gap in India\u2019s electronics self-reliance ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last few years, however, the Indian government has aggressively pushed local manufacturing through initiatives such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n