Move all the manufactering to India they said, its cheaper than China we were told, better to manufacture in a Democracy rather than an Authoritarian government our politicians kept saying! (Well, unless you're Vietnam)
Former Apple engineers told the Financial Times that Chinese iPhone suppliers and government officials have a "whatever it takes" approach to win iPhone orders, describing how work was often completed weeks ahead of schedule at "inexplicable speed." Operations in India, on the other hand, are not running at this pace. "There just isn't a sense of urgency," one Apple engineer remarked.
Yup. That is the difference between China and India.
When Apple goes to China and demands 'Apple Standards', the Chinese government and Chinese companies agree and cooperate. They learn that they were not up to standard, and they worked hard to achieve 'Apple Standards'.
When Apple goes to India and demands 'Apple Standards'. The Indian companies argue to Apple that they are the ones who set the standards instead. When Apple complains, the Indian companies cry to the Indian government. The Indian government then tells Apple that it is being too harsh on the Indian companies, and tells Apple to follow 'Indian Standards'. Because apparently 'Indian Standards' is world class, flawless, and must be 110% better than Chinese standards. Indian Standards will not change for Apple, it is sacred for India.
Apple could either lower itself to 'Indian Standards' and suffer the reputational loss, or continue to rely on Chinese-made component supplies into India to keep their standards up. Choosing the former would be unacceptable for Apple unless it gets a new Indian CEO. Choosing the latter would keep Apple's production cost in India higher than in China. So Apple (and Foxconn) is gonna learn the hard way why GM, Ford, Nissan, Carrefour, Lafarge, Docomo, and many other MNCs decided to evacuate India after spending some time there.