Semicon India advisory committee

Context

Recently, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has formed an advisory committee of experts to carry forward the country's vision of making India a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing, design and innovation.

Semiconductor and display manufacturing in India

• The Union Cabinet recently approved the ‘Semicon India’ programme, which will spend a total of 76,000 crore to strengthen the country’s semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem.
• Within Digital India Corporation, a specialised and dedicated “India Semiconductor Mission (ISM)” has been established to drive India’s ecosystem development strategies.
• The group would meet at least once every three months to provide crucial insights to help India’s ecosystem expand sustainably.
• The newly created Advisory Committee will lead the objectives in a systematic, efficient, and strategic manner, the government stated in a statement.

About Advisory Committee

• The Committee is mandated to provide key inputs for building a resilient supply chain, promoting investments, financing mechanisms, global engagement, research & innovation, and IP generation for the semiconductors and display ecosystem and enable an ecosystem to support startups and MSMEs.
• The committee’s term will be one year, after which it will be reformed with the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology’s consent.
• It will help the ISM executives achieve their goals in a systematic, efficient, and strategic manner. 
• It shall also provide insights and suggestions to develop a sustainable semiconductor and Display ecosystem in India. 
• The 17-member committee of experts, comprises senior government officials, academicians as well as industry and domain experts.
• It shall also provide inputs to the government in order to enable the building of a resilient supply chain, promote investments and ways of financing the semiconductor sector, research and innovation as well as intellectual property generation.
• It shall work on various ways to enable and develop an ecosystem for semiconductor and display fabrication as well as for startups and micro, small and medium scale industries.