Semiconductor chips are essential components in devices such as smartphones, automobiles, drones and medical imaging equipment.
India’s electronics sector now has over 300 factories, $130 billion in output and 2.5 million jobs, providing a base for chip development.
Government incentives include the Chips to Startup programme, Design Link Incentive scheme, and a $10 billion fund for fabs and packaging.
International investment exceeding $3 billion reflects growing confidence in India’s semiconductor future.
Long‑term goal: achieve 7‑nm to 3‑nm technology nodes within eight years and become a leading chip‑design talent pool.
The Semicon India programme, launched in 2021, has approved 12 fabrication units with $20 billion investment; three are already in commercial production.
Semicon 2.0 expands the effort to add more fabs, advanced packaging, domestic equipment and material production, and to train 100,000 chip‑design engineers.
The initiative aims to shift India from an electronics manufacturing centre to a worldwide hub for both chip design and production.
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