Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 5 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday stated the present decade can be India’s defining period for semiconductor and electronics sectors as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated CG Semi’s Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in Sanand.
Expressing confidence that the plant will make India a key companion within the international semiconductor provide chain and additional strengthen the nation’s semiconductor ecosystem, the CM stated the CG Semi plant will generate greater than 5,000 direct and oblique employment alternatives.
The Chief Minister stated that in ‘Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12 years of fine governance, India has reworked from being one of many Fragile Five economies into the world’s fastest-growing financial system.’ He added that this journey of financial improvement has opened new avenues in manufacturing, delicate energy and the expertise panorama.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel added that the ‘Prime Minister’s imaginative and prescient has enhanced India’s international standing within the semiconductor and electronics sectors. At a time when the worldwide provide chain was disrupted through the COVID pandemic, the Prime Minister resolved to make India a world semiconductor hub, and right this moment that imaginative and prescient has been realised by means of his dedication to delivering on each promise.’
He additional said that below the Prime Minister’s imaginative and prescient, a world-class semiconductor ecosystem is being developed at Dholera, India’s first Smart Industrial City. He additionally famous that Gujarat grew to become the primary state within the nation to announce a Semiconductor Policy in 2022 with the target of constructing the state future-ready within the semiconductor sector.
The Chief Minister stated that self-reliance is the cornerstone of reaching the Prime Minister’s imaginative and prescient of a Viksit Bharat by 2047. Under PM Modi’s management, Atmanirbharta has now grow to be an answer to international challenges. He additionally known as upon everybody to contribute in the direction of constructing a Viksit Bharat by means of a Viksit Gujarat.
The Prime Minister described the launch as a testomony to the nation’s unwavering dedication to reaching its targets. He emphasised that the nation transforms its robust resolve into actuality with out hesitation.
PM Modi firmly said, ‘Today’s occasion is proof that no matter India resolves to attain, it accomplishes with dedication.’
Recalling the strategic imaginative and prescient launched half a decade in the past, the Prime Minister referred to the target of reworking the nation into a world hub for superior expertise. Driven by the broader technique of native design and native manufacturing, he celebrated the formal graduation of business chip packaging at this third main facility.
PM Modi stated, ‘We have efficiently moved ahead with the foundational mantra of Design in India and Make in India.’
Reflecting on the venture’s speedy improvement timeline, the Prime Minister recalled laying its basis stone in 2024 and appreciated the swift graduation of chip testing by August 2025. He credited this exceptional journey from planning to full-scale manufacturing to the relentless dedication and focus of quite a few venture companions.
‘This extraordinary journey from basis stone laying to manufacturing is undoubtedly the results of the exhausting work of many companions,’ stated the PM.
Before addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister recalled his interactions with the devoted workforce on the facility. After interacting instantly with a number of younger professionals throughout his go to to the exhibition, he praised their exceptional power, optimism and optimistic outlook.
PM Modi remarked, ‘Every younger colleague I interacted with right this moment is stuffed with confidence.’
Describing the newly established facility as an emblem of worldwide collaboration, the Prime Minister appreciated the joint efforts of native, Japanese and Thai trade companions. He stated the enterprise is way over a enterprise enterprise and highlighted it as a robust mannequin of technological belief and cross border partnership.
Prime Minister Modi emphasised, ‘This built-in partnership goes to offer India’s semiconductor journey a wholly new momentum.’
Referring to famend expertise hubs corresponding to Silicon Valley, Hsinchu Science Park and Tsukuba Science City, he highlighted the important significance of growing a holistic and built-in ecosystem.
PM Modi noticed, ‘Today, Sanand is transferring firmly in that very route to determine such highly effective clusters.’
Looking forward to the arrival of specialized chemical producers, testing laboratories, design centres and dynamic startups, he defined how native industries multiply financial development and employment alternatives.
PM Modi emphasised, ‘This is the true energy of a cluster, the place one trade offers start to 10 extra and in the end transforms the whole regional financial system.’
Elaborating on the Government’s strategic roadmap, the Prime Minister clarified that the final word goal extends far past self-reliance in completed client merchandise to incorporate their foundational parts. Reaffirming the dedication to fabricate chips that energy international expertise, he outlined an entire end-to-end home worth chain.
He said, ‘First merchandise, then parts, and now semiconductors. This is the decisive subsequent section of Make in India.’
Outlining the long run levels of the ecosystem, the Prime Minister pressured the important want for self-reliance in high-technology supplies and demanding minerals to safe the whole provide chain.
PM Modi emphasised, ‘Our youth will actively energy the following technology expertise revolution utilizing Made in India chips.’
Addressing the youth, the Prime Minister cited historic examples exhibiting how main industrial transformations at all times create unprecedented employment alternatives. Drawing parallels with the alternatives generated by the IT and smartphone manufacturing growth, he predicted that the present technological wave would create equally huge alternatives.
The Prime Minister said, ‘This period of the semiconductor and AI revolution is bringing numerous alternatives from analysis and design to produce chain administration.’
Referring to the huge prospects opened up by synthetic intelligence, he urged the youthful technology to grab these rising alternatives with enthusiasm.
PM Modi firmly said, ‘India’s youth mustn’t miss this unbelievable alternative to study one thing new and put it into observe.’
Highlighting the inclusive social influence of this technological progress, the Prime Minister shared inspiring tales of younger ladies from tribal communities working on the new facility. Deeply impressed by their journey from ITI training and modest backgrounds to superior technical coaching in Malaysia, he appreciated their important position in working a few of the world’s most superior manufacturing processes regardless of by no means having travelled exterior their hometowns earlier than.
PM Modi famous, ‘These daughters with actually extraordinary desires are right this moment an integral a part of the Made in India chip manufacturing course of.’
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw additionally highlighted the technical journey and infrastructure improvement below India’s semiconductor mission, stating that PM Modi’s imaginative and prescient has reworked the semiconductor trade right into a actuality in India.
Owing to the exceptional effectivity of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and his staff, business manufacturing has commenced at Sanand’s third semiconductor plant in a document 27 months after the groundbreaking ceremony in March 2024. The chips manufactured at this plant is not going to solely be utilized in vehicles and scooters in India however will even be exported to international locations corresponding to Japan, the United States and Europe, showcasing India’s technological capabilities globally. India’s electronics manufacturing sector has now grown right into a 13 lakh crore trade, offering employment to 25 lakh individuals.
Chairman of CG Power Vellayan Subbiah, in his welcome handle, expressed happiness over this historic achievement and stated that below the visionary management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is rising as a robust international power within the semiconductor sector.
Sanand’s new plant will play a pivotal position in strengthening India’s place within the international semiconductor market. The key venture particulars embody a complete funding of Rs 7,600 crore (authorized by the Union Cabinet in February 2024), manufacturing capability that, as soon as each crops attain full capability, they’ll manufacture 5 billion chips yearly and 1.5 crore chips per day.
The venture is a three way partnership between CG Semi, a subsidiary of CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited, Japan’s Renesas Electronics and Thailand’s Stars Microelectronics.
The plant presently employs greater than 300 individuals and is predicted to generate over 5,000 direct and oblique employment alternatives over the following 5 years.
The plant will manufacture legacy chips corresponding to QFN and QFP, in addition to superior FC-BGA and FC-CSP chips, catering to the wants of the automotive, electronics, industrial tools, 5G communications and energy purposes sectors. (ANI)