NEW DELHI — Riding on the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, Apple’s iPhone production in the country has reached $10 billion in the seven months of this fiscal (FY25), with $7 billion in exports alone which is a record, the Centre said on Monday. The tech giant manufactured/assembled $14 billion of iPhones in India last fiscal (FY24), with exporting more than $10 billion worth of iPhones. In a post on X, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that this is yet another milestone for the smartphone PLI scheme in 7 months. “$10 billion iPhone production by Apple with $7 billion exports. Total smartphone exports from Bharat crossed $10.6 billion in 7 months,” the minister informed. Minister Vaishnaw further stated that the Apple ecosystem created 1,75,000 new direct jobs in four years with “over 72 per cent women”. The Cupertino (California)-based tech giant touched INR 60,000 crore (around $7 billion) in iPhone exports from India in the first seven months of the current fiscal (FY25). In the April-October period, the company exported iPhones at almost INR 8,450 crore (nearly $1 billion) each month, as per industry data. In the July-September period, Apple clocked an all-time revenue record in India....