New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The first day of SEMICON India 2026 saw the government lay out a wider roadmap for the next phase of India's semiconductor programme, with around Rs 1 lakh crore in investment commitments, plans to create close to one lakh jobs and a series of agreements spanning chip manufacturing, materials, packaging, design and talent development.

Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw outlined the implementation approach for Semicon 2.0, which will move beyond the initial focus on establishing semiconductor manufacturing facilities and seek to develop the wider ecosystem around them.

According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Semicon 2.0 is aimed at "putting the wider ...