SANSAD TV: PERSPECTIVE- SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY & INDIA

Introduction: Semiconductors are essential to almost all sectors of the economy including aerospace, automobiles, communications, clean energy, information technology and medical devices etc. Demand for these critical components has outstripped supply, creating a global chip shortage and resulting in lost growth and jobs in the economy. The shortage has exposed vulnerabilities in the semiconductor supply …

Russia-Ukraine crisis may worsen global chip shortage:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Developments in Science and Technology.   Context: Russia and Ukraine are important centres of the global semiconductor supply chain, providing rare metals like palladium, and gases like neon, that are needed in the production of the silicon wafers present in almost all modern devices and equipment. Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine …

Why is the world short of computer chips, and why does it matters?

GS Paper 3: Topic Covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.   Context: There are no signs of the global chip shortage easing any time soon, and one of the reasons behind it appears to …

India Semiconductor Mission is a welcome acknowledgment of the strategic significance of integrated circuits to a modern economy. Discuss.

Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. 4. India Semiconductor Mission is a welcome acknowledgment of the strategic significance of integrated circuits to a modern economy. Discuss. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Reference: Live Mint Why the question: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a ₹76,000 crore scheme to …

Push for semiconductor manufacturing

GS Paper 3: Topic Covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.   Context: Government approved a ₹76,000 crore scheme to boost semiconductor and display manufacturing in the country, taking the total amount of incentives announced for the …