Hyderabad - Union Minister AshwiniVaishnaw on Tuesday said that smartphones have become India’s largest exported product, marking a major milestone in the country’s rapidly expanding electronics manufacturing sector.

Speaking at the Google Cloud India AI Hub Groundbreaking Ceremony, Vaishnaw noted that mobile phones have overtaken traditional export leaders such as gems and jewellery and textiles. He added that in the past year, smartphones also surpassed petroleum products like high-speed diesel to become the single biggest exported commodity.

The minister highlighted that the broader electronics segment is also gaining strength, with electronics now ranking . . .