Independence Day 2025: India has so far depended on other countries for the semiconductor. Every year billions of rupees are spent on import of semiconductor, but now the situation is changing. On Friday, August 15, on the occasion of Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his address to the ramparts of the Red Fort that the country’s first ‘Made in India’ semiconductor chip will come in the market by the end of the year.

During this time, PM Modi talked about the government’s efforts to make India self -sufficient in the field of technology among the American tariffs. He emphasized the need of the country to become self -sufficient in the field of energy and important minerals to support many strategic industries of the country.

These countries ahead in making semiconductor chip

Currently, large -scale semiconductor chips are made in countries like China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and America. China and Taiwan alone produce about 75 percent of the world. Recently, after the Union Cabinet approved four new semiconductor projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), PM Modi spoke of the first time the semecondor chip made in India in the market by the end of the year. These chip-making ecosystem describe India’s efforts to strengthen.

Why the semiconductor chip is so important?

India is moving rapidly towards making semiconductor chip. Currently, the demand for semiconductor in India is about $ 24 billion, which is expected to reach $ 100 billion by 2025. By 2030, this figure will reach $ 110 billion. After petrol and gold, electronic gadgets are most imported in India. Among them, the part of the semiconductor is about 27 %.

The semiconductor is a type of silicone chip. It is used from mobile, laptop, smartwatch, electric car to LED bullet. In today’s time, these chips are also used in fighter jets, missiles, drones, submarines, helicopters, warships. This electronic component made of silicon helps in storing, processing, operating and signal amplification of any electronic product memory.

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Tata semiconductor chip plant: The Tata Group and Taiwan’s company Parvarchip Semcover Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) is working to create semiconductor fabrication facility at Dholera, Gujarat. To further increase this mega semiconductor chip plant, the Tata Group has sought 80 acres from the Gujarat government. Its information has been given in the Business Standard report. Earlier, the Gujarat government had allotted 20 acres of land to the company.

Land will be used in this work

According to the information given in the report, quarters will be made by Tata Electronics to use this additional land for about 4,000 employees. According to information quoted by sources, this housing facility will have many other facilities like studio apartments, shopping complex, sports ground. Apart from this 100 acre land, the Gujarat government had also promised to give 63 acres of land to Tata Electronics for the expansion of the plant in Dholera as required.

The plant will be started from 2027

The Dholera Semiconductor plant is India’s first chip fabrication unit, which was approved by the Central Government in February last year. The Dholera plant is part of the Center’s Bharat Semiconductor Mission. According to the Business Standard report, the operation at the semiconductor chip plant will start from 2027. The Tata Group has to spend more than Rs 91,000 crore to build this chip fabrication unit in Dholera. While the price of land is about 200 crores. The company will spend Rs 15,710 crore on plant and other facilities.

What is a semiconductor chip?

Semiconductor chip is used in all electronic products like laptop, household appliances, data centers, vehicles. It is a kind of electronic device made of silicon, which is used for data processing. The semiconductor has the properties of both electric conductor and the conductor. It works to control electric current. They operate from controlling of a product or gadget to memory function.

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