New Delhi: Construction of Tata’s Rs 27,000 crore semiconductor packaging plant at Jagiroad in Central Assam will begin within the next 100 days.
The Centre on Thursday announced the setting up of three semiconductor plants in India, including the one which is all set to come up in Assam.
“Today the Prime Minister has taken an important decision to set up semiconductor fab in the country,” Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Vaishnaw said the three semiconductor units will start construction within the next 100 days.
The Northeast will get its first semiconductor unit in Assam, which will produce 48 million chips per day, the minister said.
The Tata Group will invest Rs 27,000 crore for the semi-conductor unit in Assam, the minister informed.
The Tata Group has already approached the Assam government to train 1,000 people for employment in the semi-conductor production unit.
The Tata Group’s semi-conductor unit is likely to come up at Hindustan Paper Corporation’s erstwhile Nagaon Paper Mill premise at Jagiroad in Central Assam’s Morigaon district.
The Tata Group is yet to make any official statement on its upcoming semi-conductor project in Assam.
