Stating that semiconductors are the gateway to everything that is used in people's lives and almost every industry, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that in the Bharatiya Janata Party's next term, a very strong semiconductor industry will be built on the foundation laid by Prime Minister
The US-headquartered multinational corporation, Qualcomm, is famed for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
Union minister for communications and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision is to create an entire value chain of semiconductors in India.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the establishment of the semiconductor facility in Jagiroad and said that he never imagined that one day Assam would anchor India's leadership in Industry 4.0.
Adding another chapter to the process of industrialization in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually laid the foundation stone for the Tata Group's Rs 27,000 crore indigenous "Semiconductor Assembly & Test Facility" at Jagiroad in Morigaon district.
Tata Group hopes that the commercial production of semiconductors chips at the two plants - in Gujarat and Assam - whose foundation stones were laid on Wednesday, would start in 2026.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that the semiconductor packaging plant in the state, whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will attract an investment of Rs 27,000 crore in the state.
India will soon start commercial production of semiconductors and related products and become a global power in this sector as well just as it is in tech space, nuclear, and digital spaces, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he laid foundation stones for three new semiconductor plants o
In yet another milestone in India's endeavour to ramp up its semiconductor ecosystem, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday foundation stones for three new chip plants - two in Gujarat and one in Assam. Tata Group is setting up two of these three plants.
The India Semiconductor Mission has been set up by the Government of India to create an end-to-end semiconductor ecosystem to enable India to lead the global semiconductor industry. This initiative is expected to foster employment opportunities for the youth of the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in 'India's Techade: Chips for Viksit Bharat' and lay the foundation stone of three semiconductor projects worth about Rs 1.25 lakh crore on Wednesday via video conferencing.