No question of privatising SCL, says Vaishnaw

The Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali, India’s sole public sector semiconductor facility which is being transformed into a major hub of the nation’s chip-making ambitions, will remain firmly under government control, electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.

The government hopes that the Rs 4,500 crore ongoing modernisation work at the facility will make SCL a major player in India’s semiconductor ecosystem.

“There will be no question of privatisation of SCL,” Vaishnaw said while addressing the device…