In a major blow to Apple Inc.’s manufacturing push in the South Asian country, Foxconn Technology Group has asked Chinese employees working at its iPhone factories in India to return home, foreign media reported.

Apple's largest iPhone producer has reportedly ordered hundreds of its India-based Chinese workers to return to their native China but for unspecified reasons.

Foxconn Technology Group has asked hundreds of Chinese engineers and technicians to return home from its iPhone factories in India, dealing a blow to Apple Inc.’s manufacturing push in the South Asian country.