Gautam Buddha Nagar, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Modi on Saturday performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the HCL-Foxconn Joint Venture project, India Chip Pvt Ltd, in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) in Uttar Pradesh. via video conferencing, while highlighting that the country has to become "atmanirbhar" in chip production.

Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised that India has to become self-dependent in chip production and a semiconductor ecosystem is being created in the country, adding that it is a matter of pride that Uttar Pradesh is poised to become a major centre for India's semiconductor system.

The Prime Minister said this decade is a 'tech-ade' for India.

"Whatever Ind...