Indian Semiconductor Mission: Centre invites more companies to set up units.

In a bid to make the Indian Semiconductor Mission a success, the Centre is trying to lure companies in peripheral sectors for semiconductor manufacturing to set up shop in India, a report by the Economic Times said.

The government officials are meeting with representatives of industries such as ultra-pure copper, aluminium, water and gases, and others to explore their needs for establishing units near the proposed semiconductor manufacturing units, sources told the ET.

Representatives from these companies first visited the proposed semiconductor unit sites in Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu in February, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

Executives from several of these corporations returned to these sites last month, escorted by central and state government officials who took notes on some of their concerns, one of the officials said.

“These industries will need to be set up in proximity to the proposed semiconductor units,” the official said, adding, “Some of these raw materials cannot be transported over long distances due to fears of impurities getting in. We are trying to understand the exact requirements of these industries.”

The entire process of semiconductor manufacturing involves around 1,200 distinct types of raw materials, said the official.

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