India is pushing Apple and its suppliers to deepen local component manufacturing before expanding assembly of products such as iPads and MacBooks in the country. The government wants India to become a larger part of Apple’s global supply chain by producing components and sub-assemblies for both Indian production and exports. Here is everything you need to know about it and how it will affect delivery of future Apple products in India.

India is urging Apple to strengthen its domestic component ecosystem for production and exports before scaling up assembly of products like iPads, MacBooks, and Apple Watches.

India is pushing Apple and its suppliers to deepen local component manufacturing before expanding assembly of products such as iPads and MacBooks in the country. The government…