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The Semicon India 2025 has taken a head start in New Delhi and as it kicks off Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the start of the country’s push for semiconductors. The PM compared the semiconductors to ‘digital diamonds’ which also pointed out the various initiatives by the government including the approval of ten projects worth Rs. 1.6 lakh crore.
PM Modi was at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, where a three-day event is being held which will be the centre ground of the semiconductor push that the country plans. At the event, PM Modi said, “Oil was black gold, but chips are digital diamonds.”
He also highlighted that soon India will bring the biggest change in the world and said, “India is on its way from becoming a backend provider to a fullstack semiconductor nation. It’s not long until India’s smallest will power the world’s biggest change. Our journey started late, but nothing can stop us now”
He also announced that India is welcoming all the investors and soon the day will come when the world will see products that are ‘Designed in India, Made in India, Trusted by the World’. He highlighted the country’s journey starting the Semicon program in 2021 and now in 2025 having cleared 5 additional projects.
“In the year 2021, we started the Semicon India program. By the year 2023, India’s first semiconductor plant was approved. In 2024, we approved additional plants. In 2025, we cleared five additional projects,” he said.
“Overall, an investment of more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore is being made in ten semiconductor projects. This shows the world’s growing trust in India…We have implemented the National Single Window System. Through this, all the approvals from the Centre and the states are being received on a single platform. As a result, our investors are now freed from a significant amount of paperwork,” the Prime Minister added.
