India set to be a big semicon player in 10 years: union minister Amit Shah

Union minister Amit Shah was speaking to reporters to mark the completion of 100 days of the third term of the Narendra Modi-led government. He lauded India's progress in the semicon space, pointing to the semiconductor chip manufacturing plant coming up in Sanand, Gujarat.

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India will become a major player in the global semiconductor market over the next 10 years, home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday. “I can tell you with confidence that in the coming 10 years, India will be a very big player in the field of semiconductors,” Shah told a press conference held to mark the completion of 100 days of the third term of the Narendra Modi-led government. He pointed to the semiconductor chip manufacturing plant coming up in Sanand, Gujarat .

ETtech US chip maker Micron is building a chip assembling and testing facility in Sanand at an investment of $2.7 billion, making it one of the first major projects to take off under the Rs 76,000-crore India Semiconductor Mission . The facility is expected to roll out the first India-made chips by the year-end.



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“Many initiatives have been taken to encourage and hand-hold space startups , such as the Rs 1,000-crore venture capital fund,” he said, referring to the budget announcement seeking to foster innovation and advance the space economy. He said that in the next five years, 5,000 people would be trained as “cyber commandos” and a registry of cyber criminals would be prepared..