Why Make, Just Smuggle? Raghuram Rajan Questions India's Chip Push, Gets Trolled

“Why Build Chips? They Can Be Smuggled”: Raghuram Rajan Questions India’s Billion-Dollar Semiconductor Push

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has questioned India’s push to build a domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry, arguing that spending billions of dollars to manufacture chips may not be necessary when they can be sourced globally, including through smuggling. Speaking in an interview with Frontline, Rajan criticised industrial policies that identify certain sectors […]

Why make, just smuggle? Raghuram Rajan questions India's chip push, gets trolled

India Semiconductor Mission: From smartphones to fighter jets, semiconductors power modern economies and militaries. Even as India pours billions into building a semiconductor ecosystem, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has questioned the effort, saying chips are easy to smuggle. The economist is now being ridiculed and trolled.

Raghuram Rajan’s Comment On Smuggling Chipsets Instead Of Building Them Draws Severe Backlash

New Delhi: A comment by former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan on why India should manufacture chipsets when they can be smuggled, has led to a major backlash. Rajan, in an interview to Frontline, questioned India's push for building a domestic semiconductor ecosystem, while suggesting that the focus must be on improving the fundamentals and a better…

Raghuram Rajan questions India’s semiconductor push, but can India afford to stay dependent on imports for this crucial technology

Raghuram Rajan, the economist often admired by India’s liberal establishment, is back in the spotlight with a controversial take on India’s semiconductor strategy.