India's semiconductor mission not just about meeting domestic requirements: S Jaishankar
India's semiconductor mission is not just about meeting domestic requirements but also aimed at contributing to global demand for trusted manufacturing, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. In an address at a conference, he told top executives of leading global semiconductor firms that their decisions and relationships have implications far beyond immediate business and can contribute to re-engineering the global economy.
The external affairs minister argued that trust and transparency have emerged as key issues for the future of the digital domain and questions like who processes and harvests «our data is increasingly crucial in a world of artificial intelligence.» «Nor indeed can we any longer separate even basic manufacturing and everyday commodities and services from their data implications,» he said. «As political democracies, pluralistic societies and market economies, we all have understandable concerns of both privacy and security.
It is, therefore, essential that those of us who are comfortable working with each other enhance our collaboration,» Jaishankar said. He also elaborated on India's focus and approach in the critical technology domain.
«Our semiconductor mission is not just about meeting domestic requirements. It is also about contributing to a global demand for trusted manufacturing.
Indeed, it is truly a powerful case for Make in India and Make for the World,» the external affairs minister said. In his virtual address at the SemiconIndia Conference 2023 in Gujarat's Gandhinagar, Jaishankar also highlighted India's growing cooperation in the critical technology domain with the US and mentioned the MoU on semiconductor supply chain and innovation partnership that was firmed up during
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