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 INDIA's SEMICONDUCTOR MISSION II The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has demended from the Government of ther India Rs.1.50 lakh crore for the launch of Second Phase of its Semiconductor programme. This is significantly higher as compared with Rs.76,000 crore approved undedr the first India semiconductor mission signallying the government's push to deepen domestic semiconductor manufacturing and reduce  import depencence. Semiconductor mission 2.0 will expand support beyond chip fabrication and design to cover the wider semiconductor ecosystem, including capital equipment, speciality chemicals, industrial gases, raw materials and other inputs. This time micro, small and medium enterprises(MSMEs) and ancillary suppliers will also be brought under the incentive framework programme The revamped proogramme will also include a new design-linked incentive(DLI) scheme to allow foreign companies to partner with Indian firms for semiconductor research and ...