Lok Sabha Question No. 5369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Manufacturing of Graphics Processing Units
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Dr. Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5369

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026

## MANUFACTURING OF GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS

## 5369. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) imported into the country during the last five years, year and country-wise, along with the total expenditure incurred thereon;
- (b) the number of companies, start-ups, academic institutions and Government agencies currently accessing  subsidised  compute  facilities  under  the  IndiaAI  Mission  including  through  the  AI Compute Portal along with the number of such beneficiaries categorised as start-ups and MSMEs; (c)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  roadmap  for  the  indigenous  design  and manufacturing  of  GPUs  and  AI  accelerators  under  initiatives  such  as  the  Semicon  India Programme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, including proposed timelines for establishing fabrication facilities and the technology nodes targeted?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (d): Government of India launched IndiaAI mission with outlay of Rs. 10,372 crore for the development of the overall AI ecosystem in the country. With India's push to democratise Artificial Intelligence and expand compute capacity, along with the rapid growth of data centres and cloud infrastructure, there has been a corresponding increase in demand for high-performance compute resources, including Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Under the IndiaAI Mission, more than 38 thousand GPUs for common compute facility have been onboarded through the AI compute portal, which are being provided to Indian start-ups and academia at an affordable rate. GPUs are highly advanced equipment and are primarily manufactured in one country.

Total 190 projects have been approved under the IndiaAI Mission. Out of these 78 projects are with Government entities, 46 projects are with Startups & MSMEs, 30 projects are with earlystage startups, 27 projects are with Researchers or academia, 5 projects are with students, and 4 projects are with early-stage researchers.

To strengthen indigenous capabilities in HPC (High Performance Computing) and AI, the design and  development  of  processors,  GPGPUs  (General-Purpose  Graphics  Processing  Units),  and accelerators,  the  projects  under  NSM  (National  Supercomputing  Mission)  have  been  initiated based on the RISC-V open-source instruction set architecture.

Guided by Hon'ble PM vision, Government has introduced Semicon India Programme for the development  of  semiconductor  and  display  manufacturing  ecosystem  in  the  country.  10 Semiconductor  manufacturing  units  have  been  approved  under  the  Programme.  Out  of  this, commercial production from 1 unit and pilot production from 3 units has already been started. Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) is setting up a Semiconductor Fab facility in Gujarat with an investment of Rs. 91,526 crore. The targeted Technology Nodes are from 110 nm to 28 nm with a proposed total capacity of 50,000 Wafer Starts Per Month (WSPM).

The  Government  is  promoting  semiconductor  design  capabilities  through  the  Design  Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme, which aims to support domestic companies, start-ups, and MSMEs in designing  semiconductor  IP  cores,  ASICs  (Application-Specific  Integrated  Circuits),  SoCs (System on Chip), and semiconductor-linked designs through a three-tier framework, comprising:

- i. Design  Infrastructure  Support  with  access  to  EDA  tools,  IP  cores,  MPW  services,  and prototyping facilities;
- ii. Product Design Linked Incentive offering reimbursement of up to 50% of eligible project costs, capped at Rs. 15 crore per application; and
- iii. Deployment Linked Incentive providing reimbursement of net sales turnover ranging from 6% to 4% over five years, capped at Rs. 30 crore per application.

## Under the DLI Scheme:

- i. 24 projects have been approved for the design of semiconductor chips and SoCs for sectors such as video surveillance, drone detection, energy metering, microprocessors, satellite communications, and broadband and IoT SoCs. Out of these, 14 companies have raised venture capital funding to scale up and productize their solutions.
- ii. 103  fabless  chip  design  companies  have  been  supported  with  access  to  advanced  chip design infrastructure.
- iii. 7  chips  have  been  successfully  fabricated  out  of  16  designs  taped  out  across  multiple foundries, including advanced nodes such as 12 nm at TSMC.
- iv. 10 patents have been filed, and 140+ reusable semiconductor IP cores developed, serving as critical enablers for advanced chip design.

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