{"id":367557,"date":"2026-07-16T17:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367557"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:42:10","slug":"semicon-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/semicon-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Semicon 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Semicon 2.0 for the development of India&#8217;s semiconductor design and manufacturing ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Semicon 2.0<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 528px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddindia.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PM-Modi-Semicon-2.jpg?resize=528%2C297&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Semicon 2.0 \" width=\"528\" height=\"297\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<strong> second edition of <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-holistic-semicon-push\/\"><strong>India Semiconductor Mission.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides<strong> long-term support to strengthen India&#8217;s semiconductor industry,<\/strong> with the <strong>goal of making India a major player in the global semiconductor ecosystem.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Budget outlay:<\/strong> It has total budget outlay of<strong> Rs.1,27,500 crore.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aimed <strong>at strengthening India\u2019s semiconductor design and manufacturing ecosystem and providing long-term policy support to the sector.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> A key objective is to eliminate the <strong>&#8220;fear factor&#8221; that has discouraged global semiconductor companies<\/strong> from making large-scale investments in India.\n<ul>\n<li>The idea is<strong> to reduce execution risks, strengthen the domestic supply chain and encourage more global companies<\/strong> to establish operations in the country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It marks a<strong> significant shift from attracting manufacturing investments<\/strong> to building a complete semiconductor ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It focuses on the <strong>six pillars:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 745px; width: 100%; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px; width: 30.0577%;\"><strong>Pillars\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px; width: 69.133%; text-align: center;\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 93px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 93px; width: 30.0577%;\"><b>First pillar: Design<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 93px; width: 69.133%;\">The first pil<strong>lar deepens chip design, with a focus on creating IP<\/strong> and products for strategic and commercial applications.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 98px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 98px; width: 30.0577%;\"><b>Second pillar: Machines and materials<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 98px; width: 69.133%;\">The second <strong>introduces incentives for machines and materials,<\/strong> including semiconductor equipment, specialty chemicals, gases and raw materials.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 128px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 128px; width: 30.0577%;\"><b>Third pillar: Setting up more fabs<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 128px; width: 69.133%;\">The third expands <strong>support for silicon, compound semiconductor, discrete and display fabs<\/strong>, building on the first silicon fab expected to be commissioned in 2028.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 224px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 224px; width: 30.0577%;\"><b>Fourth pillar:\u00a0 Further strengthening the ATMP\/OSAT industry<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 224px; width: 69.133%;\">The fourth pillar<strong> strengthens advanced packaging by supporting assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) units, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) projects<\/strong> and next-generation chiplet technologies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 106px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 106px; width: 30.0577%;\"><b>Fifth pillar: Research &amp; Development<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 106px; width: 69.133%;\">The fifth<strong> boosts R&amp;D through industry-led innovation and advanced technologies.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 86px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 86px; width: 30.0577%;\"><b>Sixth pillar: Talent development<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 86px; width: 69.133%;\">The sixth focuses <strong>on talent development, expanding education, clean-room training and industry-academia collaboration<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 class=\"isSelectedEnd red-h2-box\">Difference between ISM 1.0 and ISM 2.0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>ISM 1.0<\/strong> primarily focused on<strong> attracting semiconductor fabs, chip packaging and assembly facilities, and design projects <\/strong>while <strong>ISM 2.0<\/strong> aims <strong>to develop an end-to-end ecosystem.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The proposed expansion includes<strong> support for research and development, semiconductor intellectual property (IP), advanced packaging, talent development and upstream supply-chain capabilities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>ISM 1.0<\/strong> helped <strong>establish India&#8217;s credibility as a semiconductor destination<\/strong>, while <strong>ISM 2.0<\/strong> is <strong>designed to build the country&#8217;s long-term capabilities and global competitiveness.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Semicon 2.0 for the development of India&#8217;s semiconductor design and manufacturing ecosystem. About Semicon 2.0 It is the second edition of India Semiconductor Mission. It provides long-term support to strengthen India&#8217;s semiconductor industry, with the goal of making India a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/semicon-2-0\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Semicon 2.0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-367557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}