Gujarat is the first choice in India for semiconductor companies: CM Patel at SemiConnect-2025
Gujarat is the first state of India which, in 2022 itself, implemented a dedicated policy for semiconductors.
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Gujarat has undertaken several initiatives over the last couple of years as a result of which the state has become the first choice for semiconductor companies, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Wednesday. “Gujarat is the land of opportunities, a centre of unlimited possibilities and a gateway to the future,” said Patel at the inauguration of the three-day SemiConnect 2025 conference in Gandhinagar.
“We are moving in a direction in which Gujarat remains at the forefront of ‘Make in India, make for the world’ and ‘Local to global’ value chains. Just like the Government of India, we have also initiated the Gujarat State Electronics Mission for the development of state-of-the art facilities for electronics and semiconductors in the state. Gujarat is the first state of India which, in 2022 itself, implemented a dedicated policy for semiconductors. It is these efforts that have seen a maximum number of semiconductor companies making Gujarat their first choice,” said CM Patel.
“Currently, four of five semiconductor manufacturing units being built in India are coming up in Gujarat. These companies are choosing Dholera as a site for the units. It is the first Greenfield Smart City of India, which, along with plug and play, has many other facilities. In today’s programme too, many companies have signed MoUs (Memorandums of Understanding) to set up units in Dholera. I welcome them to Gujarat and promise to extend them all possible help,” he added.
Inaugurated by CM Patel at Mahatma Mandir, Gujarat SemiConnect-2025 conference saw the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to India, Nepal and Bhutan in attendance besides representatives of several companies and delegates from countries like the US, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Korea and Taiwan.
Speaking on statistics, Sushil Pal, the CEO of the Indian Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and Joint Secretary, MEITY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology), said, “India ranked 11th in the terms of the GDP in 2012; it climbed six positions to become the fifth largest economy in 2024. In terms of electronic exports, India ranked as the 12th largest sector, amounting to 6.4 billion USD in exports in 2017, accounting for only 2% of India’s total export of 300 billion USD. In 2023-24, it became the fifth largest export sector, exporting (goods worth) approximately 29 billion USD, which constituted 7% of the total exports. In the current financial year, in the first 10 months, it is already the third largest export sector.”
Key announcements made during the inauguration ceremony included a tripartite agreement and four two-party MoUs including one between Tata Electronics and IIT Gandhinagar on skill development.
Another announcement included a fiscal support agreement being signed between ISM and Tata Electronics to set up a semiconductor Fab unit at Dholera with investment of Rs 91,526 crore.
Besides, two sets of virtual ground-breaking ceremonies took place – one for a Kaynes Technology plant in Sanand and the other for a batch of facilities at Dholera SIR including a 200-bed Multispeciality Hospital, an integrated school and a fire station.
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