West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari both thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden after Biden and Modi announced plans to build India’s first-ever national security semiconductor fabrication plant in Kolkata.
The plant will reportedly produce chips for use in military hardware in both countries, as well as in critical telecommunication networks and electronics.
Banerjee took to X on Monday to say, “I am fortunate enough to share with you all the contribution of our West Bengal government in the historic international investment decision for Kolkata, as kindly announced by the Hon'ble President of the USA with our Hon’ble PM Modi yesterday. The background story of our long and arduous exercises which lie behind the great news about a major American investment in our State in the semiconductor sector is truly worth sharing.”
“I assure all support to the emerging investment in this frontier sector. Let West Bengal be the true destination for knowledge-based industries,” she added.
“Since early last year, the State IT Dept and our PSU Webel approached leading semiconductor industries as many chip-designing & packaging StartUps (sic) had relocated to various Webel IT Parks after the Covid pandemic. Global Foundries, Synopsis, Micron and a few other leading international semiconductor companies held a number of technology-symposiums in West Bengal. They visited our units and offices to discuss emerging technologies & investment potential. This year, the State Govt-sponsored Global VLSI Conference 2024, held in Kolkata, witnessed participation of all leading giants from the Semiconductor industries,” wrote the chief minister.
On the other hand, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote on X, “I would like to express my sincere gratitudes to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji for the landmark arrangement to establish a new advanced Semiconductor Fabrication Plant in Kolkata during his meeting with US President Joe Biden.”
He also wrote, “The new strategic partnership between the US Department of State and the India Semiconductor Mission, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in connection with the International Technology Security and Innovation (ITSI) Fund will create high-quality jobs in both the countries. I sincerely hope that West Bengal will grab this opportunity with both hands which may lay the foundation for a turn around for the State which is reeling under the worst economic crisis in its history under the Mamata regime.”
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