New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India's semiconductor design program has reached a significant level of achievement, enabling the nation to take off in the global chip industry.

During an interaction with 23 semiconductor chip design companies approved under the Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme of the Semicon India Programme, Vaishnaw stated that the journey started three years ago has positioned the country to move beyond theoretical presentations to developed, working projects.

The Minister emphasised that the provision of free, sovereign access to Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools under C-DAC gave participants a major lead in the design world. "When...