New Delhi, March 2 -- Micron Technology on February 28, 2026 formally inaugurated its semiconductor assembly, test, marking and packaging facility in Sanand, Gujarat, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in what the Centre and the state described as a step towards adding domestic capacity in the global semiconductor value chain.

At the event near Ahmedabad, Modi framed semiconductors as a strategic link between the industrial economy and the AI-led technology cycle, saying microchips would shape the 21st century much as oil influenced the 20th. He said India was positioning itself as a dependable destination for technology and manufacturing partnerships and repeated: "India is ready, India is reliable and India delivers."

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