Highlighting India’s aggressive push to build resilient global supply networks through far-reaching structural reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called upon international semiconductor leaders and equipment manufacturers to seize emerging opportunities in the country’s high-tech ecosystem, stressing that the foundation for next-generation tech like compound semiconductors and silicon photonics has already been laid.
“When a country like ours succeeds in a critical industry, it strengthens the global supply chain – a fact that has become even more significant at a time when supply chains are being weaponised. Addressing the SEMICON India 2026 conference in the national capital, Prime Minister Modi highlighted that India has already laid the critical groundwork required to support cutting-edge semiconductor technologies and future-ready digital infrastructure, especially at a time when supply chains were being weaponised.
We should view these transformations taking place in India through this broader perspective,” the Prime Minister said.
Underscoring India’s growing stature in international diplomacy and high-tech manufacturing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the consensus adoption of the ‘New Delhi Declaration’ at the recently concluded BRICS Summit stands as firm evidence of the nation’s soaring global credibility. Emphasising the Centre’s proactive efforts in building resilient global supply networks, PM Modi underscored that extensive policy reforms have been executed to make India an attractive hub for end-to-end chip design, manufacturing, and assembly. “From the manufacturing of various compound semiconductors to integrating silicon photonics into the ecosystem, all of this is essential for AI-enabling infrastructure, and we must move forward together in this direction. “India successfully concluded the BRICS Summit. The adoption of the New Delhi Declaration with everyone’s support is one more piece of evidence of India’s global credibility.
The necessary foundation for this has already been laid,” he said. And SEMICON India being held amid such major achievements is another significant milestone,” Prime Minister Modi said.
