India, March 7 -- Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) Secretary S Krishnan has reportedly said that the union government is internally discussing plans for the rollout of the second phase of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM).

As per news agency PTI, Krishnan said that the Centre is ready with the outline of the next iteration of the Mission, adding that the government is also mulling "supporting" chip design projects in the country and semiconductor packaging designs.

"The next stage of ISM is in the works. We have had discussions, discussions with many of the stakeholders, including many amongst you, as to how to design the programme. The design and the outline is ready, and there's undergoing detailed discussions internally in ...