New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- As the first tranche of India's chip incentives ends, the government plans to expand the scheme to boost indigenous design and bring components and other parts of the supply chain under the India Semiconductor Mission, said the top technology ministry bureaucrat.

"India does not need only chip fabs (fabrication plants) and testing plants, but also equipment suppliers, material suppliers, gases and chemicals are all areas that were not covered under ISM's (the semiconductor mission's) first plan, and need attention," said S. Krishnan, secretary in the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity).

"These areas were previously covered under the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Componen...