Govt likely to ask Apple CEO Tim Cook to make more iPhones in India

The official said Apple is already planning to assemble iPods in the country with Foxconn

In the run-up to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s visit to India, government officials are finalising the talk points with the Cupertino-headquartered tech major. Officials said that the government would like Apple to “deepen” the company’s engagement in the manufacturing and assembly of iPhones in the country and not limit itself only to the minimum commitments made under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for mobile devices. The conversations between the two sides are likely to focus on that.  

This would generate additional jobs and the scale would help the country build a strong supply chain which can be integrated with the global supply chain, an official pointed out. 

Cook, who is coming to India next week in his private aircraft, will launch Apple’s maiden company-owned single brand stores in Mumbai and Delhi. During the trip, he is slated to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as communic