New Delhi, July 19 -- Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that the country's first indigenous semiconductor chip would be rolled out this year. Speaking at the 85th foundation day celebrations of Keshav Memorial Educational Society in Hyderabad yesterday, the Minister said India is going to become one of the most important semiconductor nations in the world. He said, the government has already approved six semiconductor plants and their construction is going on. He added that the country will have the first Made in India chip this year.

Mr Vaishnaw said as part of the India AI Mission, free datasets and others are being uploaded. He said, as many as one million people are being trained in the u...