Infineon Technologies, a German |
working on outsourced chip design plans |
semiconductor firm has partnered with |
to invest US $ 15-20 million over the next |
National Skill Development Corporation |
couple of years in setting up design |
( NSDC) to impart training to youth on |
centers in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. |
semiconductor or chip technology, aimed |
IESA has signed a MoU with Singapore |
at boosting the electronic manufacturing |
Semiconductor Industry Association( SSIA) |
ecosystem in India. |
to establish and develop trade and |
US-based semiconductor company |
technical cooperation between the |
Freescale which has R & D facility in India, |
electronics and semiconductor industries |
said that it is enabling its partners to |
of both the countries. |
bring smart products to facilitate the |
India Electronics & Semiconductor |
government ' s Rs 1.13 trillion( US $ 16.95 |
Association( IESA), the premier trade body |
billion) Digital India initiative. |
representing the Indian Electronic System |
Cyient Ltd has announced that it is |
Design and Manufacturing( ESDM) |
acquiring a majority stake in Rangsons |
industry has announced a SPEED UP and |
Electronics Pvt. Ltd, a Mysuru-based |
SCALE UP of its talent development |
electronics system design and |
initiative. This will be implemented |
manufacturing( ESDM) services company. |
through the Centre of Excellence with |
Cyient has signed an agreement to |
Electronics Sector Skills Council of India |
acquire a 74 per cent equity stake in |
( ESSCI) and a Memorandum of |
Rangsons Electronics in an all-cash |
Understanding( MoU) with Visvesvaraya |
transaction. Aricent, a US-based product |
Technological University( VTU) and RVengineering |
firm has acquired Bengaluru- |
VLSI Design Center to build the talent |
based chip design services company |
pipeline in the ESDM space. |
SmartPlay for Rs 1,100 crore( US $ 170 |
Gujarat is expected to have its first |
million), making it one of the biggest |
semiconductor wafer fabrication |
acquisitions in the semiconductor space in |
manufacturing facility by late 2017 in |
India. |
Prantij of Sabarkantha district. The facility, |
Altran Technologies SA, a French |
which will be set up by Hindustan |
technology consulting firm, has agreed to |
Semiconductor Manufacturing |
acquire SiConTech, a Bengaluru-based |
Corporation( HSMC), will employ over |
company that designs semiconductor |
25,000 people including 4,000 direct |
chips, making it the first deal in the |
employees. HSMC along with ST |
semiconductor space wherein a foreign |
Microelectronics( France / Italy) and Silterra |
multinational corporation has acquired an |
( Malaysia) will set up two manufacturing |
Indian start-up. |
units each with capacity of producing |
20,000 wafers per month. | |
The electronic system design and |
parity, etc. |
manufacturing( ESDM) industry will |
Some of the major initiatives taken by the |
benefit from the government ' s“ Make in |
Government of India to boost the Indian |
India” campaign and is projected to see |
semiconductor industry are as follows: |
investment proposals worth Rs 10,000 crore( US $ 1.5 billion) over the next two years, according to the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association( IESA), an industry body. |
The government also plans to invest
US $ 10 billion in two computer chip manufacturing facilities with a view to create an ecosystem that lays the focus on high-end innovation.
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The Government of India has taken several steps to boost domestic production of electronic items and reduce dependence on imports. Some of these steps include imposition of basic customs duty on certain items falling outside the purview of IT Agreement, exemption from
SAD on inputs / components for PC manufacturing, imposition of education cess on imported electronic products for
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The Union Cabinet has reconstituted an empowered committee on setting up semiconductor wafer fabrication manufacturing facilities in the country.
The government has planned to launch a
Rs 10,000-crore( US $ 1.5 billion) fund for domestic electronic firms with a view to provide financial assistance to firms for electronics manufacturing in India.
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The government, in consultation with |
Electronics Manufacturing Clusters |
semiconductor industry, has increased |
( EMC) and Modified Special Incentive |
focus on the ESDM sector in last few |
Package Scheme( M-SIPS). With the |
years. Some of the initiatives outlined in |
implementation of fabrication |
the National Electronics policy and the |
capabilities in India, the country could |
National Telecom policy are already in |
achieve a degree of self-sufficiency in |
the process of implementation, such as |
electronics. |
Preferential Market Access( PMS), | |