India, Aug. 16 -- India is developing a commercial-scale silicon-based fabrication facility with an above average capacity of 50,000 wafer-starts per month, minister for electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

"Six semiconductor units, one fab and five assembly, testing, marking and packaging units, are at different stages of planning, construction and execution. Four more (one silicon carbide fab and three ATMP including the most advanced packaging unit) were approved last week. The entire ecosystem - design, fabrication, packaging, equipment, chemicals, gases - taking shape in Bharat," the minister said in an X post.

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