AHMEDABAD, March 1 -- Union minister for electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that three more semiconductor plants under the Semicon Mission 1.0 will be operational by the end of 2026.

Vaishnaw's announcement comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the US-based Micron's Assembly, Test, Marking and Packaging (ATMP) facility in Sanand, Gujarat.

Of the 10 plants approved under Semicon 1.0, the first is now producing memory chips, with three others set to follow before the year ends.

"The promise he (PM Modi) made to the country that the semiconductor industry has to be brought to India, he fulfilled that promise. This is the first step. Very soon, the second plant will also go into commercial production, a...