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

Fabs, packaging, materials and the equipment India cannot yet build.

27/100Sovereignty index

1Import-dependent layers

264Players (152 Indian)

7Recent developments

Value chain

Where India stands

Full detail →

Raw Materials1 · Nascent

Refining & Processing1 · Nascent

Components & Inputs2 · Emerging

Equipment & Capital Goods0 · Import-dependent

Manufacturing & Integration2 · Emerging

Services & IP2 · Emerging

Dependency

Chokepoints

Supply chains →

NVIDIA Corporation14 dependents

DHL Global Forwarding India8 dependents

Thermax Limited8 dependents

DISCO Corporation7 dependents

Heraeus Precious Metals — Bonding Wire7 dependents

Mitsui High-tec Inc.7 dependents

Ecosystem

Key players

All players →

3D Glass Solutions Inc. (3DGS)US 3D Glass SubstratesUS Aarti Industries — Electronic Materials DivisionIN Aarti Industries — Specialty ChemicalsIN Adani Logistics LimitedIN Adani Total Gas LtdIN Aditya Birla ChemicalsIN Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.US Advanced Research Chemicals (ARC)IN Advanced System in Package Technologies Pvt Ltd (ASIP)IN Advantest CorporationJP Air LiquideFR Air Liquide IndiaIN Air ProductsUS Air Products — Electronic GasesUS Air Products IndiaIN Aixtron SEDE Amber Enterprises — EMS DivisionIN

Activity

Recent developments

31 Jul 2026Policy / Regulatory[GOI WATCH] DoT-Madhya Pradesh MoU: India's first Telecom Manufacturing Zone at Gwalior
31 Jul 2026Policy / Regulatory[GOI WATCH] Cabinet approves Semicon 2.0 with Rs 1,27,500 crore outlay
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

Evidence

Primary sources

All sources →

roadmap · 2026Future of India's Semiconductor Industry (10-yr roadmap)NITI Aayog ↗report · 2026India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 — PIB backgrounderPIB / MeitY ↗scheme-guidelines · 2025Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) — GuidelinesMeitY ↗notification · 2025ECMS — Gazette NotificationMeitY ↗scheme-guidelines · 2023Modified Scheme for setting up Semiconductor Fabs in India — GuidelinesMeitY / ISM ↗scheme-guidelines · 2023Revised Guidelines — Compound Semiconductors & ATMP/OSAT facilitiesMeitY ↗scheme-guidelines · 2021Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme — GuidelinesMeitY / C-DAC ↗scheme-guidelines · 2020SPECS — Scheme GuidelinesMeitY ↗notification · 2020SPECS — Gazette Notification (English)MeitY ↗report · 2024MeitY Annual Report 2024-25MeitY ↗policy · 2024Semicon India Programme (₹76,000 cr) — PIB notePIB / MeitY ↗policy · 2024About SemiconIndia ProgrammeISM / MeitY ↗

← All corridors

Who Really Benefits from India’s Fab Ecosystem? →The Semicon 2.0 Opportunity Map →The Packaging Frontier →India’s Semiconductor Supply Chain Missing Links and Industrial Opportunity Surfaces →