GREATER NOIDA, Feb. 22 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Uttar Pradesh is set to become a major centre of India's semiconductor ecosystem.

He made the remark after laying the foundation stone virtually for a Rs.3700-crore project of India Chip Private Limited, a joint venture between HCL Group and Foxconn, for setting up an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility in sector 28, located near Noida airport, along Yamuna Expressway.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Union minister for Railways, I & B, IT and electronics Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jitin Prasada and Uttar Pradesh industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi participated in the ceremony on-site....