Union Cabinet approved, a ₹76,000 crore , the comprehensive program for the development of sustainable semiconductor and display ecosystem in the country. The program will usher in a new era in electronics manufacturing by providing a globally competitive incentive package to companies in semiconductors and display manufacturing as well as design.

The entire programme would lead to 35,000 high-quality direct jobs and indirect employment for 1 lakh persons. The scheme was expected to attract investment of ₹1.67 lakh crore and lead to production worth ₹9.5 lakh crore.

The scheme would provide fiscal support of up to 50% of the project cost for setting up semiconductor and display fabrication units.

The Union government will work with the States to set up high-tech clusters with the required infrastructure such as land and semiconductor-grade water.

. The programme aims to provide attractive incentive support to companies / consortia that are engaged in Silicon Semiconductor Fabs, Display Fabs, Compound Semiconductors / Silicon Photonics / Sensors (including MEMS) Fabs, Semiconductor Packaging (ATMP / OSAT), Semiconductor Design.

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Semiconductors are materials that have a conductivity between conductors (generally metals) and nonconductors or insulators (such as most ceramics). Semiconductors can be pure elements, such as silicon or germanium, or compounds such as gallium arsenide or cadmium selenide. In a process called doping, small amounts of impurities are added to pure semiconductors causing large changes in the conductivity of the material. A diode, integrated circuit (IC) and transistor are all made from semiconductors.