The iPhone 6 and its higher end model iPhone 6 Plus will be available across retail stores from October 17.
Apple's latest smartphone, the iPhone 5, has made it to Indian markets 42 days after its US launch.
Redington, one of Apple India's partners confirmed that the phone will be priced at Rs 45,500 for a 16GB model.
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Single-brand retailers are also allowed to take e-commerce route for such trading.
The government is likely to exempt iPhone and iPad maker Apple from mandatory local sourcing rule, a move which would pave the way for tech giant opening single-brand retail stores in the country.
It, however, does not manufacture devices on its own and rather does it through contract manufacturers.
Costlier offers, high import duties and a realignment of its business and distribution continue to dent iPhone sales in India in 2018
Paving way for iPhone maker Apple to open its own stores India, the government on Monday relaxed FDI norms by giving a three-year exemption from local sourcing to foreign players in single-brand retail and a further five-year relaxation for 'state-of-art' and 'cutting-edge' technology.
Once the darling of consumers, the April-June sales figure for Apple is a historic low. This has coincided with Chinese player OnePlus taking top spot in premium smartphones with a share of 40 per cent and Samsung slipping to second position at 34 per cent in April-June.
The company has tied up with five distributors this year.
The company reports profit of Rs 4500 crore in FY14, up from Rs 446 crore in FY10
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