Govt notifies ₹1,27,500-crore Semicon 2.0; spells out eligibility norms, sops for chip ecosystem
IT Secretary S. Krishnan. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The government on Monday (August 31, 2026) notified the Semicon 2.0 scheme, setting in motion the ₹1,27,500-crore plan that seeks to deepen India’s semiconductor ambitions — from chip manufacturing to a full-stack ecosystem encompassing indigenous design and IP, equipment, materials, advanced packaging, R&D and…