
India is moving deeper into semiconductor manufacturing with construction beginning on an INR23.87 billion (US$250 million) OSAT facility in Visakhapatnam, supporting New Delhi's broader effort to build a domestic semiconductor ecosystem beyond chip design.
IBM and Sarvam have announced a collaboration to advance sovereign AI technologies in India, a move that could influence how governments and regulated industries worldwide deploy trusted artificial intelligence. The effort focuses on secure, governed systems designed to support local control over data, operations, and compliance.
Dixon Technologies said its push into displays, camera modules, SSDs, and telecom hardware could deepen domestic value addition, even as near-term margins stay under pressure from input costs and the end of mobile PLI 1 incentives. The company expects joint venture-led expansion with Vivo and Inventec, plus PLI 2 and exports, to support growth.
India is expanding its semiconductor ambitions through new R&D centers, indigenous design tools, packaging facilities and AI infrastructure investments, aiming to strengthen domestic capabilities and reshape global technology supply chains.
India expanded manufacturing incentives, entered private orbital launches, attracted new investment, and faced smartphone demand pressures amid rising component costs.
NAN GreenMet Pvt. Ltd. has launched NAN MagneTech Pvt. Ltd. to develop what it says will be India's first fully integrated manufacturing facility for high-performance Neodymium-Iron-Boron (NdFeB) rare earth magnets. The company plans to invest INR12.5 billion (US$130 million) in the project, which will be located at the Naidupeta Industrial Park in Andhra Pradesh, with commercial production targeted for the first quarter of 2028.
India's central government has approved two Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs) in Tamil Nadu, at Manallur and Pillapaikkam, with a combined project cost of INR10.12 billion (US$104.75 million), in a move aimed at strengthening the state's electronics ecosystem and advancing the country's self-reliance drive. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the approvals in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on July 22, 2026, according to Project Monitor and Trade Brains.
Realme has stopped producing smartphones for China and will launch no new models there, ending its domestic expansion as parent company Oppo consolidates overlapping brands and redirects resources overseas.