HCL will be applying for sops under the $10-billion semiconductor incentive programme.
In this program, the central and state subsidies can go up to as much as 75% of the capital expenditure incurred by companies that set up chip manufacturing units in the country.
One of the officials said that it may be strategic for HCL to enter the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in the country as they already service chip makers like Intel at a global level as a software services firm..
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Economic Times