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Tata’s Dholera chip fab notified as SEZ

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Tata's Dholera chip fab notified as SEZ (GS3 · Semiconductors, 16 April 2026)
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What happened

  • The government notified an SEZ for Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Pvt Ltd at Dholera, India’s first chip fabrication plant [PIB].

Background

  • The Tata–PSMC fab was approved under ISM in 2024.

Why it matters

  • Dholera is India’s first chip fabrication plant, the hardest step in the chip chain.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Science and technology: IT, computers, robotics, indigenisation

  1. As per PIB (2026-04-16): the government notified an SEZ for Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Pvt Ltd at Dholera, India's first chip fabrication plant.
  2. Dholera is India's first chip fabrication plant, the hardest step in the chip chain.
Quotable data point

The government notified an SEZ for Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Pvt Ltd at Dholera, India's first chip fabrication plant.

PIB: Commerce: Dholera fab SEZ, 16 Apr 2026

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: semiconductor plant locations.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

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Location

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Company

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Notified as

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: Commerce: Dholera fab SEZ, 16 Apr 2026

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