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SEMICON India 2025 | TECH

Growing semiconductor market
SEMICON India-2025

billion is the expected size of India’s A total of 12 agreements were signed
$110 semiconductor market by 2030. with companies working in the field
of semiconductors to set up
trillion global semiconductor technology and centres.
$1 market is projected by 2030.
market has already reached $600 billion. It
of the world’s semiconductor
20% design engineers are from India. is expected to cross one trillion dollars in
the coming years.
semiconductor projects have been approved Understanding the importance of tech-
10 so far, in which a total investment of 1.6 nology, Prime Minister Modi takes a special
lakh crore has been made. interest in this sector, which is also yielding
n 23 startups working in the field of semiconductors are positive results. Semiconductor parks are
being recognised and financially supported. being developed across the country under
n A total of 85,000 students are to be trained under the the plug-and-play infrastructure model.
startup programme, of which 60 thousand have already India is moving forward from backend
been trained. operations to become a full-stack semi-
conductor nation. PM Modi said that even
n Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav
announced the Deep Tech Alliance though our journey in this field has started
with a commitment of $1 billion to late, now no one can stop India. Commer-
bring about a semiconductor revolution in cial chip production will also start from this
clean energy, quantum and frontier areas. year, which shows India’s rapid progress in
the semiconductor sector.
The semiconductor success story is
This is India’s speed... not limited to any one vertical or any

The world’s growing trust one technology. India is building a com-
India’s speed can be gauged from the fact that the Semicon prehensive ecosystem, which includes
India programme was started in the year 2021, and by the designing, manufacturing, packaging, and
year 2023, India’s first semiconductor plant was approved. high-tech equipment. PM Modi said that
Some more plants were approved in the year 2024, and 5 the semiconductor mission is not limited
more projects were cleared in the year 2025. Now, in total, to just setting up a fab or making a chip.
an investment of $18 billion, i.e., more than Rs 1.5 lakh India is building a strong semiconductor
crore, is being made in 10 semiconductor projects. This ecosystem that will make the country
shows the world’s growing trust in India. Speed matters in self-reliant and globally competitive. India
semiconductors. The lesser the time from file to factory, is moving ahead with the most advanced
the lesser the paperwork, and the sooner the wafer work
will be able to start. The government is working with this technologies in the world in the field of
approach. All approvals from the Centre and the states are semiconductors. The design centres in
being received on a single platform through the National Noida and Bengaluru are actively develop-
Single Window System. ing the world’s most advanced chips. PM
Modi assured the young entrepreneurs
and startups working or looking for a
future in the semiconductor sector that
the government stands shoulder to shoul-
der with them. n
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