New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- "India has become top smartphone supplier to the US," Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday, stating that the nation's electronics manufacturing has grown six times and is now worth Rs.12 lakh crore.

Vaishnaw claimed that India's electronic production "has grown six times in last 11 years," while the export of electronic goods has "gone up eight times."

The Railway Minister's comments about the jump in numbers pertaining to India's electronic goods production and exports comes amid the ongoing tariff tensions, which have put India-US trade ties in the spotlight.

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