Day not far when India becomes global semiconductor hub: PM Modi
semiconductor hub and will also raise the country’s profile in the global semiconductor value chain,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said.
Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for India’s first pure-play commercial semiconductor chip manufacturing foundry by the Tata Group at Dholera in Gujarat.
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“Today, we are creating history as well as taking a big step towards a bright future," Modi said in a virtual address.
The foundation stone for the Tata-Powerchip Semiconductor Corp’s semiconductor fabrication unit at Dholera, the Tata group’s OSAT unit in Assam and the CG Power-Renesas Group combine’s OSAT unit at Sanand has been laid in a record time of 15 days, union minister for electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
“Since 1962, attempts have been made by various governments to bring semiconductor manufacturing to India. It has been made possible only in 2024. The semiconductor chips manufactured here in Dholera and those produced from Sanand and Assam will be used in cars, mobile phones and other electronic equipment, globally” Vaishnaw said.
The Dholera unit will be
