NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three facilities worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore to make India self-sufficient in semiconductor chip manufacturing, an integral part of electronic technology.

The facility at Dholera, Gujarat is the country's first commercial semiconductor fabrication facility. Outsourced assembly and testing centres are at Sanand in Gujarat and Morigaon in Assam. Dholera and Morigaon plants are being set up by Tata. Inaugurating the projects through a video conference, the Prime Minister said that Made in India semiconductor chips will lead India to self-sufficiency and modernization.

The centres will be operational within 100 days. The chips manufactured at Dholera will hit the market in 2026. By 2029, India will become the fifth power in chip manufacturing. 20,000 people will be directly employed and 60,000 indirectly.

Dholera Plant

91,000 crores investment. A joint venture involving Tata Electronics and Taiwan's Powerchip

Sanand Plant

7,600 crores investment. Established by CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited. A partnership between Renesas Electronics Corporation and Stars Microelectronics of Thailand. 15 million chips a day will be manufactured for consumer, industrial, automotive and power applications.

Morigaon Plant

27,000 crores of investment. First Semiconductor Center in North East Region. Established by Tata Electronics. Advanced semiconductor packaging technologies such as flip chip and integrated system in package will be developed. Will be helpful for automotive, electric vehicles, electronics, telecom and mobile phone industries.

95% import

India imports 95 percent of the semiconductors it needs. Mostly from China - $3.1 billion (Rs. 27,000 crore), Thailand ($18.2 billion), Hong Kong ($21.4 billion), Singapore ($33.2 billion) and Vietnam ($19.8 billion).

India will become a Semiconductor Hub : Modi

Modi said that India will become a semi-conductor manufacturing hub and these projects will play a major role in that. The necessity of self-sufficiency in the chip sector was understood from the shortage during the Covid period.