Passage: Micron’s $800 million semiconductor plant followed by recent approval to Tata Group and CG Power for fabrication and Assembly, Testing and Packaging (ATP) plants with an investment of Rs 1,30,000 crore (and more in the pipeline) are the beginning of a transformational global supply chain shift centered around chip manufacturing in India. This will create a multiplier effect on talented and skilled workforce inside India.
It’s a matter of pride that almost one-third of the global semiconductor talent pool is Indian. However, the need for domestic semiconductor workforce is estimated to be around 3,00,000 by 2026. In addition, there is also a huge manpower requirement of almost six million in the electronics manufacturing sector which will be the largest beneficiary of the chip boom.
The current combined Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduate output from India’s higher education institutions is inadequate.
The growth is certainly going to come from the non-IITians orbit and the policy path ways of the Ministries of Electronics and IT and Education converge to present bountiful opportunities for industry and academia to work together.
This industry academia synergy was key to India’s software success story. Now a similar trifecta of government-industry-academia is needed to make this a winning semicon trio.
The need for additional talented and skilled workforce in the domestic semiconductor sector has been created by:
A. The approval given to Tata Group and CG Power for fabrication and ATP plants
B. Micron’s $800 million semiconductor plant
C. Setting up of new Universities
D. The global supply chain shift centered around chip manufacturing in India
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer :
A, B and D only
Solution :
The correct option is A, B and D only.
Based on the provided passage, let us analyze the factors that have created the need for a talented and skilled workforce in the domestic semiconductor sector:
1. Statement A: The passage explicitly mentions the "recent approval to Tata Group and CG Power for fabrication and Assembly, Testing and Packaging (ATP) plants". This is one of the key drivers of the domestic semiconductor push.
2. Statement B: The passage starts by highlighting "Micron’s $800 million semiconductor plant" as part of the beginning of this transformation.
3. Statement C: The setting up of new universities is not mentioned anywhere in the passage as a reason for creating the demand for this workforce.
4. Statement D: The passage states that Micron's plant and the approvals to Tata Group and CG Power are "the beginning of a transformational global supply chain shift centered around chip manufacturing in India", which directly "will create a multiplier effect on talented and skilled workforce inside India."
Therefore, statements A, B, and D are the correct factors identified in the text, making "A, B and D only" the correct choice.
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