UP emerging as hub for high-end electronics production: CM Yogi Adityanath thanks PM Modi for ₹3,700 Cr semiconductor plant

After the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a semiconductor wafer manufacturing plant at Jewar near Noida at a cost of Rs 3,700 crore, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and marked it as a historic step towards 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'.

Yogi Adityanath tweets about UP's Rs 3,700 crore semiconductor plant

CM Yogi further remarked that India is moving towards becoming a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing, with Uttar Pradesh at the forefront of this revolution.

The Minister tweeted: "Under the leadership of PM Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of a semiconductor unit in Uttar Pradesh's Yamuna Authority region (YEIDA) - a historic step towards 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'."

"With an investment of Rs 3,700 crore, the unit will manufacture display driver chips for mobile phones, laptops, automobiles and various other devices. India is now moving towards global leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and UP is emerging as a hub for high-end electronics and semiconductor production," the Chief Minister added.

Under the leadership of Hon. PM Shri @narendramodi, the Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of a semiconductor unit in Uttar Pradesh's Yamuna Authority region (YEIDA) - a historic step towards 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'.

With an investment of ₹3,700 crore, the unit will…

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) May 14, 2025

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that after the display driver, display panel production would also come to India, and the plant would meet Foxconn's requirements for the rest of the world.

As per reports, the Jewar plant is designed to handle 20,000 wafers per month and produce up to 36 million chips monthly. The unit is expected to create about 2,000 jobs.

Jewar will be India's sixth semiconductor development unit, with the other five being — i) Micron Technology at Sanand, Gujarat; ii) Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) in partnership with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (PSMC), Taiwan, at Dholera, Gujarat; iii) Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test Pvt Ltd (TSAT) at Morigaon, Assam; iv) CG Power, in partnership with Renesas Electronics Corporation, Japan and Stars Microelectronics, Thailand, at Sanand, Gujarat; and, v) Kaynes Semicon at Sanand, Gujarat. [Source: MoneyControl]

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