Sahasra opens Rajasthan semiconductor plant

Sahasra Semiconductors’ new plant in Bhiwadi gives Rajasthan its first semiconductor manufacturing site and adds a smaller, privately built packaging unit to India’s broader chip push. Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually inaugurated the facility on May 15 alongside an Electronics Manufacturing Cluster developed by ELCINA at Salarpur, Khushkhera, in the Bhiwadi industrial belt. Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav were present at the event, according to the Press Information Bureau. The plant is an ATMP/OSAT unit — assembly, testing, marking and packaging — rather than a wafer fabrication plant, placing it in the packaging end of the semiconductor supply chain. ### What exactly opened in Bhiwadi? The May 15 inauguration covered two linked assets: Sahasra Semiconductors’ ATMP/OSAT facility and ELCINA’s electronics manufacturing cluster. The government said the ELCINA cluster spans 50.3 acres and was developed at a project cost of ₹46.09 crore, including ₹20.24 crore of direct central support under the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster scheme. Sahasra’s plant is being described by the government and state-linked reports as India’s first SME-led semiconductor facility to begin commercial production. (d2p5j06zete1i7.cloudfront.net) DD News said the unit was developed under the Ministry of Electronics and IT’s SPECS scheme with investment of more than ₹150 crore. ### Is this a chip fab or a packaging plant? The Bhiwadi site is a packaging and test facility, not a silicon fabrication line. (d2p5j06zete1i7.cloudfront.net) DD News said the plant will package memory chips used in microSD cards, flash storage devices, LED driver integrated circuits, eSIMs and RFID products. That distinction matters because India’s approved semiconductor pipeline includes one fabrication facility and several ATMP/OSAT projects backed under the Semicon India program. (ddnews.gov.in) The Press Information Bureau said on April 2, 2025 that the federal program had a total outlay of ₹76,000 crore and that the government had approved five semiconductor manufacturing projects — one fab and four ATMP/OSAT facilities — with cumulative investment of about ₹1.52 lakh crore. ### How large is the Sahasra facility? DD News said the Sahasra unit covers 57,000 square feet and includes Class 10K and 100K cleanrooms. The same report put current annual packaging capacity at 60 million semiconductor units, with plans to scale to 400 million to 600 million units a year over the next two to three years. The Times of India separately reported that the broader Bhiwadi electronics manufacturing cluster has attracted ₹1,200 crore of investment and is expected to generate about 2,500 jobs. (pib.gov.in) Union Minister Vaishnaw said the plant itself is slated to produce 6 crore chips annually, matching the 60 million figure cited elsewhere. ### Why is Rajasthan emphasizing this site now? (ddnews.gov.in) Bhajan Lal Sharma said Rajasthan issued a semiconductor policy in March 2026 and wants the region near Delhi-NCR to develop as a manufacturing hub, according to the Press Information Bureau. The state policy, as described by the Times of India in March, targets OSAT, ATMP and sensor manufacturing and offers incentives including electricity-duty exemptions, stamp-duty rebates and capital support linked to central subsidies. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Bhupender Yadav said Bhiwadi had been known mainly for automobiles and is now also being promoted for semiconductor and electronics industries, the PIB release said. That places the project within Rajasthan’s effort to widen its industrial base beyond existing sectors in the Alwar-Bhiwadi belt. ### What does Sahasra already make, and what comes next? Sahasra had already begun production at its Bhiwadi packaging unit in 2023 and had shipped made-in-India microSD cards, according to the Times of India. (d2p5j06zete1i7.cloudfront.net) That earlier report said the company’s second phase was to include advanced packaging for products such as internal memory chips. More than 60% of output from the newly inaugurated facility is already being exported to the United States, Germany, France, Eastern Europe, China and Nepal, DD News reported. The same report said Sahasra plans to expand into semiconductor research and development, including LED driver chips and other advanced semiconductor products, while the state’s semiconductor policy points to further buildout in Rajasthan’s NCR-linked industrial corridor. (ddnews.gov.in) (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)