PM Modi inaugurates SEMICON India 2025; first set of Made-in-India chips presented to him
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2025 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, on 2 September 2025, where Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented him the first set of Made-in-India chips from a pilot line.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2025 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, on 2 September 2025, a day after returning from his visits to Japan and China. Calling chips 'digital diamonds', he said the world trusts India and is ready to build the semiconductor future with it. On the same day, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented the Prime Minister with the first set of Made-in-India chips from a pilot line, marking the India Semiconductor Mission's move from approvals to production within three and a half years of its launch in December 2021. Vaishnaw announced a Deep Tech Alliance with close to a billion dollars committed, said the government is preparing ISM 2.0 to cover the entire semiconductor value chain, and cited independent studies showing semiconductor production in India is 15â30% more cost-competitive than global benchmarks.
Key facts
- Date / venue
- 2 Sep 2025, Yashobhoomi, New Delhi
- Inaugurated by
- PM Narendra Modi
- Milestone
- First set of Made-in-India chips (from a pilot line) presented to PM
- ISM launched
- December 2021
- Deep Tech Alliance
- ~$1 billion committed; semiconductors first, then clean energy, quantum, space etc.
- Next phase
- ISM 2.0 â fabs, OSAT, capital equipment, materials
- Cost edge
- 15â30% more cost-competitive (independent studies)
Practice MCQs 5 questions
Where did PM Modi inaugurate SEMICON India 2025 on 2 September 2025?
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Correct answer: B â Yashobhoomi, New Delhi
The Prime Minister inaugurated SEMICON India 2025 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi.
At SEMICON India 2025, PM Modi described chips as:
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Correct answer: B â Digital diamonds
The PIB release quotes the Prime Minister: 'Chips are digital diamonds'.
The India Semiconductor Mission, whose first Made-in-India chips were presented to the PM in September 2025, was launched in:
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Correct answer: A â December 2021
Launched in December 2021, the ISM moved from approvals to production in about three and a half years.
The 'Deep Tech Alliance' announced at SEMICON India 2025 has close to how much committed?
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Correct answer: D â $1 billion
Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the Deep Tech Alliance with close to a billion dollars already committed.
Consider the following statements made at SEMICON India 2025: 1. The first set of Made-in-India chips presented to the PM came from a pilot line. 2. ISM 2.0 is planned to cover only chip design, leaving fabs and OSAT out of scope. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A â 1 only
The first chips came from a pilot line. ISM 2.0 will broaden support for fabs, OSAT units, capital equipment and materials to cover the entire value chain, so statement 2 is wrong.