Semiconductor plant will make Assam driver of engine for developed India: Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Tata Group‘s upcoming Rs 27,000-crore semiconductor plant will put Assam in the driver’s seat of the engine for developed India, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.

Sitharaman reached Guwahati in the morning on a two-day tour, during which she will unveil a range of projects at various places in the state.

In the afternoon, she visited the upcoming facility of Tata Electronics’ Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT), situated at Jagiroad in Morigaon district of central Assam.

“During her visit to the upcoming…