Govt of India approves Tata Group s Rs 91,000 crore chip foundry, to be set up in Gujarat s Dholera – Firstpost firstpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from firstpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Semiconductors: Union telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at a press briefing that the abovementioned units will generate direct employment of 20,000 advanced technology jobs and about 60,000 indirect jobs.
India has ambitions to become a major chip hub alongside the likes of the U.S. and Taiwan and has been courting foreign firms to set up operations locally.
In a rare instance of a highly advanced industry stepping out of the comfort zones of India’s industrial belts like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, etc, Assam has bagged the prestigious Rs 27,000 crore semiconductor assembling and testing unit project. For months and weeks, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma made the rounds of the power corridors in New Delhi to dispel doubts of Assam’s ability to execute the project