New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): The first-ever ‘Made in India’ semiconductor chips is anticipated to roll out of the meeting strains by the tip of 2025, Jitin Prasada, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, stated.
‘The first packaged chip is anticipated to be out by December, 2025,’ the Minister stated in response to a questionnaire from ANI, in addition to underlining the standing of India’s nascent but progressing semiconductor ecosystem.
The authorities has laid a pathway in the direction of an India that can construct chips for the world, aligned throughout the availability chain, from meeting/testing to design, and manufacturing to exports, the minister stated.
The authorities has permitted the Semicon India programme with a complete outlay of Rs 76,000 crore for the event of the semiconductor and show manufacturing ecosystem within the nation
It gives fiscal help of fifty per cent of the undertaking value on pari-passu foundation for organising of Silicon Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) based mostly Semiconductor Fabs in India, fiscal help of fifty per cent of undertaking value on pari-passu foundation for organising of Display Fabs; fiscal help of fifty per cent of the capital expenditure on pari-passu foundation for organising of Compound Semiconductors / Silicon Photonics (SiPh) / Sensors (together with Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) Fab/ Discrete Semiconductor Fab and Semiconductor Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging (ATMP) / Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) amenities, the minister outlined.
As on date, the federal government has permitted 10 semiconductor manufacturing initiatives with a cumulative funding of greater than Rs 1.60 lakh crore in 6 states – Gujarat, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh.
‘The permitted initiatives are beneath varied phases of implementation and are anticipated to start out business manufacturing in 1-5 12 months timeframe,’ he stated in his response, with out stepping into specifics of every undertaking.
These initiatives, in line with the minister, are anticipated to generate greater than 29,000 direct jobs, relying on the maturity of manufacturing facility automation.
Further, to strengthen semiconductor manufacturing, and making a semiconductor ecosystem within the nation, the federal government has entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the US, European Union, Japan and Singapore.
Semiconductor manufacturing is a really advanced and a Technology intensive sector which requires specialised expert manpower. To handle this, a brand new curriculum was launched by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for VLSI Design and Technology, Integrated Circuit (IC) manufacturing.
The authorities can be shaping expert manpower within the semiconductor design sector and offering EDA instruments to design semiconductor chips, the minister stated.
A ‘Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme’ was additionally permitted as a part of the Semicon India Programme with an total outlay of Rs 1000 Crore to nurture the entrepreneurship ecosystem by means of encouraging and supporting the design and deep tech start-ups concerned within the semiconductor design ecosystem within the nation.
‘So far, 72 design corporations (together with start-ups and MSMEs) have been permitted for semiconductor chip design infrastructure help beneath the DLI Scheme. Out of those, 23 corporations have additionally been permitted for P-DLI for creating semiconductor chip/ SoCs for functions in sectors equivalent to automotive, mobility, computing, communications and so on.
These corporations are creating semiconductor IP cores, chips, SoCs, and techniques to serve the Indian market as an import substitute and for export to worldwide markets,’ the minister famous.
In one other question concerning the progress made by the federal government on the AI mission entrance, the minister shared a standing observe, outlining the advances made on this rising know-how.
In March 2024, the Government of India permitted the IndiaAI Mission to construct a exact and cohesive technique for the AI ecosystem, catalysing AI innovation via strategic applications and partnerships throughout the private and non-private sectors.
The IndiaAI Mission contains 7 pillars: IndiaAI Compute, IndiaAI Application Development Initiative, AIKosha, The IndiaAI Foundation Models, IndiaAI FutureSkills, IndiaAI Startup Financing, and Safe and Trusted AI.
The Minister additional apprised that India can be set to host the upcoming Artificial Intelligence (Al) Impact Summit in February 2026, specializing in the affect of AI on People, Planet, and Progress and is the fourth in a collection of world AI summits.
Focus group consultations with civil society, business, startups, academia, and worldwide organisations have been accomplished, together with a spherical of public session that concluded on June thirtieth. A name for proposals from organizations worldwide has been launched to host affiliated pre-summit occasions from August 11, 2025, to January 31, 2026, the minister additional stated. (ANI)