Beyond mobiles: It is time to enhance Make in India focus on more electronic products than just handsets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said India has become the world’s second-largest producer of mobiles and would soon dominate the global mobile manufacturing industry. While this is commendable, it is important that the country does not just bank on phones in its quest to be a global electronic manufacturing hub.Experts say one obvious reason to grow a manufacturing ecosystem beyond mobiles is to diversify the product base. A second reason