The way is clear to start chip manufacturing in the country, bhoomi pujan of the factory took place in Assam, know when the production will start.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Tata Sons Ltd Chairman N Chandrasekaran performed the bhoomi pujan of the Rs 27,000 crore semiconductor (chip) manufacturing and testing plant at Jagiroad in Morigaon district. The Tata Semiconductor plant at Jagiroad is India’s first indigenous semiconductor manufacturing and test plant. Both Sarma and Chandrasekaran performed the rituals amid chanting of priests from different parts of the country. On this occasion, the Chief Minister unveiled a 3-D model of the semiconductor plant. Sarma said it was a ‘golden day’ for the people of Assam and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tata Sons Limited for the plant.
There will be no problem in building the factory
The Chief Minister assured Tata Sons Limited Chairman N Chandrasekaran that the company would not face any difficulty in setting up the plant and the people of Assam would always be grateful for it. He said that this plant could come to Assam due to the initiative of the Prime Minister, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Electronics Minister Ashwini Vaishnav. “He had assured us that if Tata is ready to take one step forward, the Center will take two steps forward to ensure the setting up of the plant in Assam,” Sarma said. Even after the decline in militant activities in the state, very few private companies were willing to invest in the state, but Sarma said, “I approached Chandrasekaran to become a co-sponsor of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT, Guwahati) who was then the Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services, and he immediately agreed.” Sarma said Tatas are not new to Assam and they are working here in many sectors like tea industry, cancer care, health care facilities, automotive and now electronics. He said, “Tatas could have set up this industry in any state of the country, but they chose Assam and we are grateful for it.”
1,000 girls have been recruited
He said Tata had assured that local youth would be hired and already 1,000 girls had been recruited. Chandrasekaran said the Tata group is committed to hiring local youth, with 1,000 girls already recruited and “we are confident that they will create and shape the future of the state and the country.” He also said that former Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata has extended his best wishes for the project and the people of Assam. The Chief Minister’s Office, in another post on Twitter, said that once the plant becomes operational, it will transform the industrial landscape of Assam and usher in a new era of growth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of this plant through video conference on March 13 this year.
There will be an investment of Rs 27,000 crore
Tata Electronics’ state-of-the-art project in Jagiroad will see an investment of Rs 27,000 crore and will provide employment to more than 30,000 people. The first phase of the plant is expected to be operational by mid-2025. The company said the proposed plant will meet the growing global demands in key market segments such as AI, industrial and consumer electronics. This project will promote industrialization in North-East India.
