New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday hit out at Congress leader Jairam Ramesh over his criticism of Prime Minister's Modi's remarks during his Independence Day address that the idea of semiconductors was "killed in the womb" 50-60 years ago, with the Union Minister stating that Fairchild founder Robert Noyce came to India in 1964 and "license-permit raj of Congress did not allow setting up a semiconductor plant".

The Modi government has embarked on a major semiconductor mission and four more semiconductor projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) were approved by the Union Cabinet earlier this week.

Responding to a post of Jairam Ramesh on X, Ashwini Vaishanaw asked ...