New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- India has overtaken China in the smartphone exports race to send its products to the United States. The total mobile imports from India to the Western nation rose to 44% in the April-June quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year, thanks to Make in India initiatives and production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme.

In a post on platform X, the central government cited a report from the Singapore-based research agency Canalys, which stated that in the second quarter of the calendar year 2025, India had overtaken China due to schemes like Make in India and PLI.

"According to a report by research firm Canalys, in the second quarter of this calendar year, i.e., April-June, India has also overtaken China in terms of smartphones ex...