RAS question
By how many times have India mobile phone exports surged since 2014?
Correct answer: (C) 127 times.
India's mobile phone exports have surged 127 times since 2014.
Explanation
Press Information Bureau data puts India's mobile phone export surge at 127 times between 2014-15 and 2024-25. Mobile phone exports were about Rs. 0.01 lakh crore in 2014-15 and about Rs. 2 lakh crore in 2024-25, with the official increase recorded as 127 times. The wider electronics-manufacturing push is linked to the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing, launched in 2020 to boost domestic mobile-phone manufacturing. The direct 2014-15 to 2024-25 export comparison fixes the multiple at 127 times and rules out the lower and higher figures.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 50 times understates the rise, because the PIB table records mobile phone exports as having increased 127 times from 2014-15 to 2024-25.
- (B) 85 times is below the official comparison figure; mobile phone exports increased 127 times from 2014-15 to 2024-25.
- (D) 200 times overstates the official figure, as the Press Information Bureau places the export surge at 127 times rather than 200 times.
Concept
Indian Economy current affairs often cover manufacturing, exports and the electronics sector. RAS frequently uses such fact-based indicators because they connect government industrial policy with measurable export outcomes.