India is moving from semiconductor planning to execution, using funding, tariff changes, foreign investment approvals, and regional development efforts to build a broader electronics ecosystem beyond assembly.
India's chip mission enters harder phase: deciding where to compete
India's plan to sharply expand public funding for semiconductors marks a new phase in its chip ambitions. The harder question is whether New Delhi can now decide where it wants to win first.
How semiconductors are turning Gujarat into India's next electronics powerhouse
For years, India's electronics manufacturing has clustered in a handful of states — mobile-phone assembly around Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, and a broad electronics and EMS base across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, where the iPhone was first built in Bengaluru. India's semiconductor push is now redrawing that map, pulling the center of gravity westward to Gujarat.
India launches third semiconductor plant as CG Semi begins commercial production in Gujarat
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated CG Semi's Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Gujarat, marking the start of commercial production at what the government described as the country's third semiconductor plant to become operational in 2026. The project forms part of New Delhi's broader effort to build a domestic semiconductor ecosystem under its India Semiconductor Mission and "Make in India" initiative.
Out of the shadows, India's Northeast stakes its claim in electronics
For most of its modern history, India's Northeast — the eight states anchored by Assam — has sat at the margins of the country's industrial economy. That is beginning to change, as a mix of federal industrial incentives, a flagship semiconductor packaging plant in Assam, and deepening ties with Japan give the region a modest but real foothold in India's electronics ambitions.
India scraps duties on electronics and battery components to boost local manufacturing
India has scrapped import duties on a targeted set of components and factory machinery used to build smartphones, displays, and lithium-ion cells, a move that deepens New Delhi's drive to pull more of the global electronics supply chain onto Indian soil and away from China and Vietnam.
India's clearance of the Dixon-Vivo venture marks a cautious opening for Chinese electronics money
India's decision to clear a smartphone-manufacturing joint venture between Dixon Technologies and Vivo Mobile India could reset how the country handles Chinese capital in its fast-growing electronics sector, signaling that Beijing-linked investment can pass New Delhi's tightened scrutiny when it is structured under local majority control.
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