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The Union Cabinet approved four new semiconductor projects worth ₹4,594 crore under the ₹76,000-crore India Semiconductor Mission, to be set up in Odisha, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh, enhancing India’s chip manufacturing and advanced packaging capabilities.
Description:
- Nature: Specialized and independent Business Division within the Digital India Corporation.
- Aim: Build a vibrant semiconductor & display ecosystem to make India a global hub for electronics manufacturing and design.
- Powers: Has full administrative & financial powers to catalyse India’s semiconductor ecosystem in manufacturing, packaging, and design.
- Advisory Board: Includes leading global experts in the semiconductor field.
- Nodal Agency: For schemes under the Semicon India Programme.
Semicon India Programme:
- Launch: 2021, under Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY).
- Total Financial Outlay: ₹76,000 crore.
- Objective:
- Develop a sustainable semiconductor & display ecosystem in India.
- Provide financial support to companies in semiconductors, display manufacturing, and design.
- Promote indigenous Intellectual Property (IP) generation.
- Encourage Technology Transfer (ToT).
Four Schemes under Semicon India Programme:
- Scheme for setting up Semiconductor Fabs in India.
- Scheme for setting up Display Fabs in India.
- Scheme for setting up:
- Compound Semiconductors
- Silicon Photonics
- Sensors Fab
- Semiconductor Assembly, Testing, Marking & Packaging (ATMP) / OSAT facilities.
- Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme.

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