Govt frames new guidelines for semicon policy

WITH Odisha aspiring to be a significant player in the country's semiconductor landscape, the state government has released detailed operational guidelines for facilitating investments and disbursing capital investment subsidies under its 'Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policy'.

- HEMANT KUMAR ROUT @ Bhubaneswar

The guidelines will cover projects related to compound semiconductors, silicon photonics, sensor fab, and semiconductor assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facilities.

Sources said, investment proposals for approval under the policy will be accepted till December 31, 2030. All units involved in semiconductor manufacturing and fabless design are eligible for benefits apart from the new units. Projects such as compound semiconductor fabs, silicon photonics, discrete semiconductor fabs for manufacturing high frequency/high power optoelectronics devices are eligible for fiscal support.