As you mentioned, it's the same for most of the companies. They sell products at atrocious premiums. Lets see what the Asus India guys do, now that this suggestion/complaint is on record.
Not true. I know Apple doesn't care about India. But, Sony, HTC, LG, Samsung, Nokia and several others offer products at reasonable prices in India.
I agree - Apple doesn't. But try buying an MBA alternative in India and you will be surprised that for all those features like SSD, solid OS, service promise/guarantee &c, MBA is your cheapest option :-)