Overview
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday that Uttar Pradesh is shifting its economy toward microchip manufacturing and a broader digital sector to move beyond phone assembly.
- The state government cites that Uttar Pradesh now supplies nearly 60% of India’s mobile phones and about 55% of electronics components as the industrial base for the shift.
- Officials reported a proposed Rs 3,706 crore HCL‑Foxconn semiconductor unit in Jewar and that they have received proposals totalling 644 MW of data‑centre capacity, both described as planned or developing projects.
- The government launched or highlighted skilling and ecosystem measures including an Emerging Tech Skilling Centre at an HCLTech event and the AI Pragya target to connect 1 million youth with emerging technologies.
- Authorities say the push leans on national 'Make in India' and 'Digital India' policies and aims to boost jobs, startups and higher‑value exports while raising demands on power and infrastructure for fabs and data centres.