On 13th March 2024, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi virtually addressed ‘India’s Techade: Chips for Viksit Bharat’ and laid the foundation stone for setting up 3 semiconductor projects worth about Rs 1.25 lakh crore.
The 3 projects are,
- Semiconductor fabrication facility at the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR), Dholera, Gujarat;
- Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Gujarat; and
- OSAT facility in Morigaon, Assam.
Key People: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Minister of State (MoS) Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY); Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister (CM) of Assam; Bhupendra Patel, CM of Gujarat; Vellayan Subbiah, Chairman of CG Power & Industrial Solutions Ltd.; and Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons were present on the occasion among others.
Key Investments and Initiatives:
Dholera Semiconductor Fabrication Facility:
i.The facility will be set up by Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) under the Modified Scheme for setting up Semiconductor Fabs in India.
ii.Total investment: Over Rs 91,000 crore.
iii.This will be the 1st Artificial Intelligence (AI)- enabled commercial semiconductor fab in India.
iv.Technology partner: Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC).
Morigaon OSAT Facility:
i.Set up by TEPL Under the Modified Scheme for Semiconductor Assembly, Testing, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP).
ii.Total investment: About Rs 27,000 crore.
iii.It will have a capacity of 48 million per day.
Sanand OSAT Facility:
i.Set up by CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited under the Modified Scheme for Semiconductor ATMP.
ii.Total investment: About Rs. 7,500 crore.
Technical partners: Renesas Electronics Corporation from Japan and Stars Microelectronics from Thailand.
- This facility will have a capacity of 15 million per day.
India Semiconductor Mission:
Initiated by the GoI, the India Semiconductor Mission aims to foster an end-to-end semiconductor ecosystem, positioning India as a significant player in the global semiconductor industry.
Recent related News:
The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi approved the construction of 3 semiconductor units in India under the Development of Semiconductors and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem with a total outlay of Rs 76,000 crores including the 1st semiconductor unit in the northeast (Assam).
