Second phase of semiconductor mission to focus on component cos: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The government is working to roll out the second phase of the India Semiconductor Misson which will focus on getting all component companies, raw material suppliers and others to India apart from the semiconductor fabrication and chip packaging units, Union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

“We are formulating the semicon 2.0, which will be a much-expanded form of the first phase. We will work towards getting the entire ecosystem,” Vaishnaw said.

The government will need three to four months to complete the process of forming ISM 2.0. The IT ministry will take some of the new proposals as well as a modernisation plan for the Semiconductor Laboratory in Mohali to the cabinet soon, he said.


Vaishnaw was speaking to the media at the Semicon India industry conference in Greater Noida.

In the new phase of Semicon, the government will also work to increase the availability of raw materials, he said.

The industry has formed partnerships with academia, Vaishnaw said, noting that 250 chemicals and gases go as inputs into semiconductors.

The focus is on developing the entire ecosystem, across equipment, specialised materials and specialised gases and chemicals, he added.

Further, Uttar Pradesh will also be involved in the new proposals, Vaishnaw said.

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, also addressing the media, said that land and capital subsidies are being made available, which come to about 25% of total costs. Additionally, 1,000 acres of land in the Yamuna authority have been reserved for this.