IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says Indian smartphone brands coming in next 18 months

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that India will soon have its own smartphones brand and that the government has done all the “homework” required to be done. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026, Vaishnaw announced that India is expected to launch its own global smartphone brands within the next 12 to 18 months.

“Now we have a very substantial electronics ecosystem in our country, this is the time when we will be going for getting our own Indian brands in mobile phones. We have done all the homework that is required to be done,” he said.