Approved semiconductor projects to produce over 24 billion chips per annum: Official

Semiconductor projects approved by the government till date will produce over 24 billion chips per annum and there are more projects in the pipeline as well, a senior IT ministry official said on Thursday.

Speaking at an event organised by Germany-based applied research organisation Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Amitesh Sinha, Additional Secretary in Ministry of Electronics and IT and India Semiconductor Mission CEO, said that the government has approved six projects comprising a wafer fabrication plant by Tata Electronics and five packaging units.