Three companies in Telangana figure in the list of 22 approved to receive support under the Design Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme of the Centre’s Semicon India programme.
Under the scheme, fiscal support is provided to the approved startup and MSMEs. The three companies that have got approval are Green PMU Semi, WiSig Networks and MosChip Technologies.
Additionally, design infrastructure support has also been approved to 11 companies in Telangana. Under Chips to start-up programme (C2S), 22 institutes from Telangana are being supported with design tools and six institutes are being provided financial support, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada said in written response to queries around the India Semiconductor Mission in Lok Sabha from MPs Arvind Dharmapuri and Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Mr. Prasada said that the Centre has launched the Semicon India programme with an outlay of ₹76,000 crore for development of sustainable semi-conductor and display ecosystem.
Under the programme, fiscal support of 50% of the project cost, on pari-passu basis, will be extended for setting up of silicon complementary metaloxide-semiconductor (CMOS) based semiconductor fabs; and setting up of display fabs.
A fiscal support of 50% of the capital expenditure, on pari-passu basis, will be made available for setting up of compound semiconductors / silicon photonics (SiPh) / sensors, including micro-electro-mechanical Systems) fab/ discrete semiconductor fab and semiconductor assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) / outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facilities.
Product design linked incentive of up to 50% of the eligible expenditure, subject to a ceiling of ₹15 crore per application and also “deployment linked incentive” of 6 to 4% of net sales turnover over five years, subject to a ceiling of ₹30 crore per application for incentivising chip design, will be provided.
Under the programme, the Centre has approved six semiconductor manufacturing projects with cumulative investment of around ₹1.55 lakh crore.
It is a pan India programme and the applicants are free to choose locations for their projects. Many States have designed their semiconductor policies to align with the Semicon India Programme, the Union Minister said.
Published – July 24, 2025 08:05 pm IST
