How import-dependent is India in Semiconductors?

Across 6 value-chain layers, India is import-dependent or nascent in 3 — Raw Materials (nascent), Refining & Processing (nascent), Equipment & Capital Goods (import-dependent). The weakest link is Equipment & Capital Goods (import-dependent). Source: Techadyant Labs, https://labs.techadyant.com/research/corridors.

What does India import in Semiconductors?

India still imports or has only nascent capability in: Raw Materials (nascent), Refining & Processing (nascent), Equipment & Capital Goods (import-dependent). Each is assessed with sourced rationale in the Techadyant Labs Import Dependency Map.

Semiconductors

Name: Semiconductors — India dependency & ecosystem profile
Creator: Techadyant Labs
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Fabs, packaging, materials and the equipment India cannot yet build.

30/100Sovereignty index

1Import-dependent layers

38Players (24 Indian)

5Recent developments

Value chain

Where India stands

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Raw Materials1 · Nascent

Refining & Processing1 · Nascent

Components & Inputs2 · Emerging

Equipment & Capital Goods0 · Import-dependent

Manufacturing & Integration3 · Partial

Services & IP2 · Emerging

Dependency

Chokepoints

Supply chains →

NVIDIA Corporation14 dependents

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company3 dependents

Gallium3 dependents

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited3 dependents

ASML Holding NV2 dependents

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation2 dependents

Ecosystem

Key players

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.US Applied Materials Inc.US ASML Holding NVNL Centre for Development of Advanced ComputingIN CG Power and Industrial Solutions LimitedIN CG Semi Private LimitedIN Continental Device India LimitedIN Crystal Matrix LimitedIN Defence Research and Development OrganisationIN Defence Semiconductor / GaN-SiC Capability (chokepoint)IN Design Linked Incentive SchemeIN GalliumCN Hon Hai Technology GroupTW India Chip (HCL-Foxconn JV)IN India Electronics and Semiconductor AssociationIN India Semiconductor MissionIN Kaynes Semicon Private LimitedIN Lam Research CorporationUS

Activity

Recent developments

1 Jun 2026Capability / Tech[PUBLISHED·PAID] The Opportunity Beyond the Fab
1 May 2026Policy / RegulatoryNITI Aayog publishes 'Future of India''s Semiconductor Industry' (Vision 2035)
1 Feb 2026Policy / RegulatoryISM 2.0 announced in Union Budget 2026 — shift to ecosystem deepening
2 Jan 2026Dependency / SupplyChip-design tool dependency: EDA Big-3 >70% of market; India's C-DAC EDA grid subsidises foreign access
23 May 2025Constraint / ShockUS ordered Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens to halt EDA sales to China (May 2025); lifted Jul 2025

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