Shubha Mitra

Can West Bengal transform decades of industrial drift into an electronics revival? The first budget after the regime change, packed with incentives, semiconductors and infrastructure, raises hopes and some difficult questions. For nearly two decades, West Bengal has occupied an unusual place in India’s technology landscape.

As India’s first fab slowly comes to life, Tata Electronics has onboarded Malaysia’s IAQ Group for its Dholera unit, taking India’s chip ambitions to the next step. Tata Electronics has partnered with Malaysian cleanroom engineering company IAQ Group for its upcoming 300mm semiconductor fabrication facility in Dholera, Gujarat, adding another specialised supplier to the country’s first commercial semiconductor wafer fab.

What is driving India’s record defence manufacturing growth? Annual production reached ₹1.78 trillion in FY2025-26, alongside rising private sector participation and exports. India’s defence production reached a record ₹1.78 trillion during the financial year 2025-26, marking a 15.6 per cent increase over ₹1.54 trillion recorded in the previous fiscal, according to data released by the government.