Srinagar, July 3 -- Foxconn Technology Group has reportedly recalled hundreds of Chinese engineers and technicians from its iPhone manufacturing facilities in India - a move that could hinder Apple Inc.'s ambitions to scale up production in the country.

According to a Bloomberg report, most of the Chinese staff stationed at Foxconn's iPhone plants in southern India were asked to return around two months ago. Since then, over 300 personnel have left, with Taiwanese support staff stepping in to manage operations, sources familiar with the development said.

Foxconn's southern India facility assembles the majority of iPhones produced in India. Tata Group's electronics arm, which acquired Wistron Corp. and oversees Pegatron Corp.'s India ope...