Apple eyes making phones in India

Apple is in talks with India’s government to explore making products locally, the Wall Street Journal has reported, as the US phone giant aims to make deeper inroads in the world’s second-largest mobile phone market by users.

Prime minister Narendra Modi is trying to boost technology manufacturing in the country through his ‘Make in India’ initiative.

His government in June exempted foreign retailers for three years from a requirement to locally source 30% of goods sold in their stores.