New Delhi, May 11 -- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday highlighted that India's Semiconductor Mission is accelerating, with two plants already in commercial production, a third semiconductor manufacturing factory slated to begin commercial production in July and a fourth facility set to begin this November or December.

The minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology, announced this in his address at the CII Annual Business Summit 2026 today.

"The most heartening thing is the semiconductor manufacturing. In 1962, we started this journey. We tried so many times, so many prime ministers tried. Prime Minister Nehru tried, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi tried, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi tri...