Vaishnaw, Ramesh trade barbs over semiconductor projects
New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- The first Made in India chips will be available in market by year-end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, ruing the opportunity to get ahead in semiconductor space that was lost 50-60 years ago.
In a speech with repeated references to the importance of self-reliance, the PM recalled how plans for a semiconductor factory began 50-60 years ago but the files were left to "atak, latak and bhatak," ( stuck, dangling and meandering) in bureaucratic limbo.
Now, he added, the country is in "mission mode," with six semiconductor units in the pipeline and four new ones already approved.
India could have been competing with other countries, such as Taiwan, the US, China and South Korea, who are leading in production, de...
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