- In a major success of the National Semiconductor Mission, the Government of Karnataka has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Israel-based ISMC Analog fabrication private limited, to inaugurate the first semiconductor fabrication unit in India.
- The fabrication unit would see an investment worth 3 bn USD, which is roughly 22,900 crore Indian Rupees. It would attract 1500 jobs directly. The project would take 7 years to be implemented completely.
- This MoU comes after SEMICON INDIA SUMMIT 2022, held in Bengaluru, which saw the presence of eminent personalities from the semiconductor domain, entrepreneurs, students, academia, and many others. The ambitious National Semiconductor Mission has been launched with a corpus of 76,000 crore Rupees.
Question:
Q.1 Where would the first Semiconductor Fabrication unit be inaugurated?a. Hyderabad
b. Bengaluru
c. Kolkata
d. Chennai
