A day after news emerged that Foxconn Technology Group was “forced” by Beijing to send back its Chinese engineers and technicians from its Tamil Nadu plant, sources indicate that the global electronics giant has already drawn up an alternative plan to rescue its India iPhone 17 production by bringing in experts from mainly Taiwan and the US.

The reasons behind this sudden move aren't clear, and neither Apple nor Foxconn has made any public statements about it. Foxconn recently invested $1.5 billion to expand its operations in India, and the Indian government also approved plans for a new semiconductor factory,

Apple’s biggest assembly partner, Foxconn, has ordered more than 300 of its Chinese employees to return home from its iPhone factories in India, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.