New Delhi, July 29 -- India's mobile phone exports have surged 165 times over the past decade, rising from around Rs 1,500 crore in 2014-15 to approximately Rs 2.59 lakh crore in 2025-26, reflecting the country's rapid emergence as a global electronics manufacturing hub, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said mobile phone production has also grown around 33 times, increasing from Rs 18,000 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 6.27 lakh crore in 2025-26.

The minister said electronics production has expanded nearly sevenfold during the period, from about Rs 1.9 lakh crore to Rs 13.11 lakh crore, while electronics ...