While the world’s attention is rightfully fixed on the rising costs of LPG cylinders and the immediate humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Iran, a silent, invisible shortage is brewing in the high-tech corridors of the semiconductor world. Unlike petroleum, which powers our transport,
India’s electronics manufacturing sector is entering a defining phase. The Union Budget 2026–27 has raised the outlay for the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) to ₹40,000 crore, underscoring the government’s intent to deepen domestic manufacturing capabilities and reduce reliance on imports. Over the past decade, India
MediaTek has signalled a strong willingness to deepen its engagement with India’s semiconductor ecosystem, saying it is open to sourcing a larger share of its chips from the country as local manufacturing and consumption scale up. Anku Jain, Managing Director of MediaTek, said the shift would
The global semiconductor industry, which powers everything from smartphones and electric vehicles to defence systems and AI infrastructure, is dominated by a handful of players. The United States leads in chip design, Taiwan controls advanced manufacturing, and China is rapidly scaling production and packaging capacity.
The Government of Karnataka has signed an MoU with Taiwan-based Allegiance International Co. Ltd. to set up a new Industrial Technology Innovation Park (ITIP), a project aimed at strengthening the state’s fast-growing electronics and semiconductor ecosystem. The collaboration is designed to deepen ties with Taiwanese