India aims first domestically made chip by end-2025 as 6G push advances

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India will see its first domestically made semiconductor chip in the market by the end of 2025 and that work is progressing rapidly on a homegrown 6G network. Speaking at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum on August 23, Modi framed the announcements as part of a broader push to make India technologically self-reliant after decades of missed opportunity in chip manufacturing.

Modi said semiconductor-related factories are now coming up across the country and that the government has changed a long period of inaction. We are working rapidly on Made in India 6G, he said, adding that semiconductor manufacturing could have started in India 50 to 60 years ago but did not for want of political will. He also highlighted broader economic gains, saying India is the fastest-growing major economy and on track to become the world's third-largest.

The government and industry point to concrete progress in Gujarat, where CG Semi inaugurated a pilot assembly, test and packaging line in Sanand this month. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said the pilot facility, backed by a reported investment of about...