The Centre is hopeful that work on at least one of the semiconductor facilities, it expects to approve this year, will start by the year-end, a report in The Economic Times (ET) said citing an official.
This comes as a 17-member expert panel from the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) revised its ratings for applicants' project proposals from three out of 10 to 9 out of 10. The panel consists of names like Vinod Dham, Ajit Minocha, Neelkanth Mishra and Ajai Chowdhry. It was appointed last year by the IT ministry.
"We kept asking the group of experts about the ways in