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India Sets Global Semiconductor Ambitions With Semicon 2.0
India wants to become a bigger producer of computer chips.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Indian chips should be sold around the world.
The government has announced a new plan called Semicon 2.0.
It aims to support at least 200 companies and startups that design chips.
It also plans to train 100,000 technicians for chip factories.
The plan includes making chips, packaging them, designing machines, and researching new technology.
Two facilities, one in Mohali and one in Palsana, have started commercial production.
The government says India has already trained 70,000 design engineers in four years.
It also says more than 400 universities can now use electronic design tools.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India’s semiconductor products will be supplied to global markets.
Semicon 2.0 aims to support at least 200 chip-design startups and companies.
The programme targets the development of 100,000 technicians and other manufacturing-floor workers.
Commercial production began at CDIL Semiconductor’s Mohali facility and Suchi Semicon’s unit in Palsana, Gujarat.
The programme covers chip design, equipment and materials, fabrication, advanced packaging, research, development, and talent.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the next phase of India’s semiconductor programme.
- What
- India launched the goals and framework of Semicon 2.0 and marked the start of commercial production at two semiconductor facilities.
- Where
- The event took place in New Delhi; the facilities are in Mohali and Palsana, Gujarat.
- When
- The announcement was made on Thursday at SEMICON India 2026.
- Why
- The programme is intended to expand India’s semiconductor ecosystem, support chip-design companies, and develop manufacturing talent.
Key facts
- Programme
- Semicon 2.0
- Chip-design target
- At least 200 startups and companies
- Technician target
- 100,000 technicians and manufacturing workers
- Investment announced
- USD 5 billion for machines and materials
- Existing design engineers trained
- 70,000 in four years
- University access
- More than 400 universities have access to electronic design automation tools
- First-phase participation
- 105 startups participated; about 20 obtained approximately Rs 800 crore in venture capital funding
Quotes
Ashwini Vaishnaw
India’s Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister
“In Semicon 2.0, we will take a big task of developing technician talent, the clean room talent, the factory floor talent, and we will be targeting 1 lakh talent to be developed”
thehansindia.com
“In SEMICON 2.0, we would be targeting at least 200 startups and companies which design chips in India across the spectrum of semiconductor requirements”
thehansindia.com
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