India, Nov. 29 -- When Apple began assembling iPhones in India, it changed the game. It was the first major tech company to move out of the China smartphone manufacturing hubs and turned its focus to India, but it didn't stop there.

Apple has consistently increased the contribution of 'India-made' phones in its global supply of units, and of late, it's looking at India even for NPI (or New Product Introduction), which has been a stronghold of large contract manufacturers in China thus far.

However, with Apple's entry and the Indian government's PLI scheme in place, India's place in the smartphone manufacturing market is fast changing, moving towards contract manufacturing.

Since Apple's entry into the Indian market and having helped cr...