apple is celebrating more than 25 years in india this week the company is marking the major expansion with the opening of its first apple store locations in the country along with new environmental initiatives and a key milestone in the rapidly growing community of indian developers at apple our mission is to enrich lives and empower people around the world said apple ceo tim cook india has such a beautiful culture and an incredible energy and were excited to build on our longstanding history supporting our customers investing in local communities and working together to build a better future with innovations that serve humanityapples first two retail stores in india will open this week in mumbai and delhi welcoming customers from all over the country and around the world according to the company indias vibrant community of app developers now supports more than 1 million jobs app store payouts to developers in the country too are said to have more than tripled since 2018at the ios app design and development accelerator in bengaluru apple works oneonone with developers to help further enhance their apps as part of apples commitment to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030 all active indian manufacturing supply chain partners are committed to using 100 percent clean energy for their apple operations building on its work to expand recycled materials across its products last week apple announced it will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in all appledesigned batteries by 2025apple leads mobile exports in indiaapple began manufacturing iphone in india in 2017 and since then the company has worked with suppliers to assemble iphone models and produce a growing number of components the companys work with indian suppliers of all sizes supports hundreds of thousands of jobs across the countrymobile phone exports rose from rs 45000 crore in fy 2122 to rs 90000 crore underlining the vital role of this sector in indias electronics export market the number surpassed the previous estimate of rs 75000 crore with this the mobile phone exports in the country now account for 46 per cent of the overall electronic goods exports the growth in mobile phone exports has been driven primarily by the apple ecosystem which alone crossed a record 5 billion rs 4500 crore in exports from india during the fy23 according to industry sources apple is estimated to have clocked 50 per cent share with export of made in india iphones