India, Sept. 17 -- The government will target at least 200 startups and companies designing chips in India under the next phase of the country's semiconductor mission, Semicon 2.0, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.

Addressing the inaugural session of SEMICON India 2026, Vaishnaw said chip design would be the first of the six pillars of Semicon 2.0, with the government significantly expanding its ambitions after more than 105 startups attempted chip design under the previous phase.

Of these, around 20 secured venture capital funding totalling about Rs 800 crore, he said.

"That was just the beginning. This time our ambition is much bigger. We would be targeting at least 200 start...