Union Home Minister Amit Shah is confident that India will soon become self-reliant in the semiconductor industry and start exporting despite making a “late entry” into the sector.
Addressing the ‘Abhyudaya: Madhya Pradesh Growth Summit’ in Gwalior on Thursday (December 25, 2025), Mr. Shah said, “We have made a late but a spectacular entry into the semiconductor industry. We not only will become self-reliant in the sector in no time but also start exporting.”
Mr. Shah inaugurated industrial projects worth more than ₹2 lakh crore across the State, while marking the 101st birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was born in Gwalior.
The Minister praised Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav for conducting regional investment summits in different parts of the State to attract businesses in the regions. He said that the tradition of structured industrial conclaves was started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat with ‘Vibrant Gujarat’.
“Investment used to come into the State through the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. This was a successful effort, but Mohan Yadav ji took a new initiative of holding regional investment conclaves for a balanced development of the State. This initiative will greatly benefit all States in the future for their balanced development,” Mr. Shah said, while praising the State’s geographical location for the potential of its industrial growth.
