Foxconn to make iPhones in India's Karnataka by next April -state govt

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc logo is seen at the entrance to the Apple store in Brussels, Belgium November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Apple Inc supplier Foxconn will start manufacturing iPhones in the southern state of Karnataka by April 2024, the state government said on Thursday.

The land for the factory would be handed over to Foxconn by July 1, the government statement said.

(Reporting by Munsif Vengattil; Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by David Goodman)