India Launches Eight New Semiconductor Plants to Cut Smartphone Reliance on China

India’s Semiconductor Initiative – The country has approved eight new semiconductor fabrication plants, spread across states such as Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, each slated to produce logic, memory or specialty chips for local manufacturers.

Government Investment – Billions of dollars are being allocated to fund the plants, with the explicit goal of reducing India’s dependence on Chinese components and securing the smartphone supply chain.

SEMICON India 2026 – Day 2 of the trade show highlighted the shift from ambition to execution, featuring tours of prototype fabs and a video from Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging rapid scale‑up of domestic chip production.

Industry Impact – Analysts expect the new capacity to add several gigawatts of wafer output, create thousands of skilled jobs, and enable Indian smartphone makers to source most components locally within the next five years.