First made in India semiconductor chip to be rolled out this year: IT Minister

Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday 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, he said India was going to become one of the most important semiconductor nations in the world.

Today, some of the most complex chips are designed in cities, including Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Gurugram and Chennai, he said.

"Now, we are starting the manufacturing of semiconductor chips. We have already approved six semiconductor plants. Their construction is going on. We will have the first Made in India chip in this year 2025," he said.

The Union Minister said as part of the India AI Mission, free datasets and others were being uploaded. "As many as one million people are being trained in the use of AI," he said.

Vaishnaw also said India would be among the top two economies in the world by 2047.

Observing that the world was going through a big change, he said the western countries which were dominating the economy are now being replaced by the "eastern hemisphere".

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