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.

The disruption caused due to the pull out of Chinese staff by Foxconn Technology Group from India will be "temporary", according to sources within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.