“Bharat steps up efforts to be a product nation”: Ashwini Vaishnaw hails India’s chip-making strides

India’s push to build its own semiconductor ecosystem received fresh endorsement after Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw lauded the progress in chip manufacturing, calling it a crucial step toward becoming a “product nation”.

Minister Vaishnaw wrote on X, citing a media report, that “chipsets with our own IP is an important objective in this journey,” highlighting the government’s semiconductor mission and the Design Linked Incentives (DLI) scheme aimed at supporting startups in chip design.