Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first domestic semiconductor fabrication facility at Dholera in Gujarat, a ₹22,500 crore plant built by Tata Electronics in partnership with Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation that will produce chips at 28-nanometre process nodes.

The facility, constructed over 36 months at India's fastest recorded pace for a semiconductor clean room project, will initially produce chips for automotive applications — engine control units, advanced driver assistance systems, and EV battery management systems — and subsequently expand to consumer electronics and industrial automation components.

The 28nm node is not at the cutting edge of semiconductor manufacturing (the global frontier is currently at 2-3nm), but it represents a substantial domestic capability for the chips that are actually abundant in everyday products: home appliances, industrial equipment, medical devices, and most vehicles.

A second fabrication facility, to be operated by a Micron Technology joint venture, is under construction in Sanand, Gujarat. The two plants together will require approximately 27,000 engineers and technicians — creating an acute demand for semiconductor-trained talent that has prompted the Ministry of Education to introduce chip design and fabrication curricula in 200 engineering colleges.