Indian mobile phone company Lava International has also made ₹1,100 crore for the manufacturing of its smartphone components (display modules, camera modules, printed circuit boards (PCBs)) for mobile phone-related business for manufacturing in India. It appeals to the company’s plan to improve local production practices and to partner with the government of India for the “Make in India” initiative.
It will also specifically target investment in large advanced manufacturing centres with cutting-edge technological development solutions to build and manufacture successful high-performance components. Lava’s focus on its two modules the display and the camera, two of the most essential modules in modern smartphones, means it can cut reliance on the foreign market and improve India’s independence in electronics manufacturing.
PCB is the integral core of all electronic equipment, making its move towards a robust ecosystem for the mass market to be able to make smartphones very evident. This is seen as a major breakthrough for industry experts, who see it as a step towards India gaining stronger ties to the global smartphone supply chain.
Today, a lot of the components used in Indian smartphones come from places such as China, South Korea or Taiwan. Lava’s investment may be the solution and more importantly, the way to address that, and create employment locally and inspire fresh thinking in component design and assembly practices.
It also indicates a new trend among Indian manufacturers to shift from assembly to full‑scale component production — a transition that could transform the country’s electronics sector. Such a ₹1,100 crore investment is likely to create thousands of direct and indirect jobs as a consequence of it, particularly in regions where the new plants are going to be set up.
It also delivers a local market edge that enables Lava to provide smartphones with local manufacture at low cost. The move may also encourage other Indian smartphone makers to follow suit, set up India to become an electronics hub in the world, analysts believe.
In investing this much in its own supply chain, Lava International is not only fortifying its own supply process it is also helping reinforce a broader Indian aspiration of technological self‑reliance. Its investments in display modules, camera modules and PCBs not only signal a step forward in the Indian smartphone industry but can also open doors to further innovation within the industry and ultimately increase competitiveness in the next decades.
