TAIPEI, Sept 12 (Reuters) - India does not expect

significant disruption to Foxconn's operations in the

country after the iPhone assembler ordered some employees from

China to return home over the past few months, a top Indian

government official said this week.

"Although some of the Chinese workers had to leave because

they were asked to return, operations did not really suffer

significantly," S. Krishnan, secretary of India's Ministry of

Electronics and Information Technology, told reporters in

Taipei, referring to Foxconn's India operations.

"Foxconn has been in their plant near Chennai for the last

five years and a new plant is coming up near Bengaluru. So they

were able to manage with some of the workers there, some people

from Taiwan, and some people from the United States," Krishnan

said late on Thursday during a visit to a trade show in Taiwan.

Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry ( HNHPF ), asked

hundreds of its engineers and technicians from mainland China to

return home from its operations in India, Bloomberg News

reported in July.

Foxconn and its client Apple ( AAPL ) have been seeking to

ramp up iPhone production in India to mitigate the impact of

U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened triple-digit tariffs on

Chinese goods, which are on hold as Beijing and Washington

negotiate a trade deal.

Most of the iPhones Foxconn makes for Apple ( AAPL ) are assembled in

China.

Krishnan said it was not clear why the employees from China

were asked to return home.

Foxconn declined to comment. Apple ( AAPL ) did not immediately

reply to a request for comment.

Tensions between India and China escalated following a 2020

military clash along their disputed Himalayan border. In

response, India imposed restrictions on Chinese investments,

banned hundreds of popular Chinese apps and cut air passenger

routes between the two countries.

Relations between China and India have gradually improved in

recent months, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding

talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month during his

first visit to China in seven years.

"Our understanding is that Foxconn stands committed to see

through all the investments in India ... their expansion in

India has been very significant," Krishnan said.