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As fabs become harder and costlier to build, advanced packaging could give India a faster route into the global semiconductor race.

India's emergence as a mobile phone hub has been nudged along by policy support, besides Apple's evolving ecosystem.
The US has introduced minimum import prices for polysilicon, silicon ingots and wafers, along with a 15% tariff on specified downstream products.

The reported screening system is aimed at stopping chips from reaching China, but startups and smaller cloud providers in India could face delays and additional scrutiny.
The government has reduced support for fabs and packaging units, but expanded incentives to equipment, chemicals, gases and materials as it seeks to address gaps exposed during the first phase.
Experts say leading fabs have enough inventories for now, but a prolonged disruption could force production cuts and prioritisation of high-margin AI chips.

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