MeitY working to create conducive environment for electronics manufacturing
The Cabinet has approved a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that intends to strengthen cooperation between India and Japan towards enhancement of semiconductor supply chain, recognizing the importance of semiconductor for the advancement of industries and digital technologies.
The 5-year MOC was signed in July 2023 between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan for Japan-India Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership.
It aims to promote G2G and B2B bilateral cooperation on opportunities to advance resilient semiconductor supply chain and leverage complementary strengths.
MeitY has been actively working to create a conducive environment for electronics manufacturing.
Programme for Development of Semiconductor and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem in India was introduced with a view to ensure the development of a robust and sustainable semiconductor and display ecosystem in India.
The said program aims to extend fiscal support for establishment the Semiconductor Fabs, Display Fabs, Fabs for Compound Semiconductors-Silicon, Photonics-Sensors-Discrete Semiconductors and Semiconductor Assembly, Testing, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP)-Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facilities.
Further, India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) has been established under Digital India Corporation (DIC) to drive India’s strategies for development of semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in the country, MeitY said in a release on 25 Oct 2023.
MeitY has also been mandated to promote international cooperation in the emerging and frontier areas of Information Technology under bilateral and regional frameworks. With this objective, MeitY has entered into MoUs, MoCs, Agreements with counterpart organizations/agencies of various countries to promote bilateral cooperation and exchange of information and also to ensure supply chain resilience enabling India emerge as trusted partner.
Enhancing mutual collaboration between Japan and Indian companies through this MoU is a another such step towards mutually beneficial semiconductor related business opportunities and partnerships between India and Japan, said the Ministry.
In view of synergies and complementarities between the two nations, “India-Japan Digital Partnership” (IJDP) was launched during the visit of PM Modi to Japan in October 2018 furthering existing areas of cooperation as well as new initiatives within the scope of cooperation in S&T/ICT, focusing more on “Digital ICT Technologies”.
Based on the ongoing IJDP and India-Japan Industrial Competitiveness Partnership (IJICP), this MoC on Japan-India Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership would further broaden and deepen the cooperation in the field of electronics ecosystem.
Recognizing the importance of semiconductor for the advancement of industries and digital technologies, this MoC would provide for the enhancement of semiconductor supply chain resilience, MeitY said. fiinews.com
