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The government has the vision to create a vibrant ecosystem for semiconductor chip design in the country. For this, the Ministry of Electronics and Information (MeitY) is seeking applications from 100 domestic companies, Startups and MSMEs under its Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme. The government announced this scheme in December last year.  Under the scheme, a part of the Rs 76,000 crore package, extends financial incentives and design infrastructure support to domestic companies, Startups and MSMEs across various stages of development and deployment of semiconductor design for integrated circuits (ICs), chipsets, system on chips (SoCs), systems and IP cores and semiconductor linked design for over five years. The scheme aims to nurture at least 20 domestic companies invo...

The Ministry of Electronics and Information (MeitY) has also sought applications from 100 academia, R&D organisations, start-ups and MSMEs under its Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme. The Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme aims to train 85,000 high-quality and qualified engineers in the area of Very-large-scale integration (VLSI) and Embedded System Design as well as result in the development of 175 ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), Working Prototypes of 20 System on Chips (SoC) and IP Core repository over five years. This will be a step towards leapfrogging in the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) space by way of inculcating the culture of SoC/ System Level Design at the Bachelors, Masters and Research level and act as a catalyst for the growth of Start-...

The government has made the driver airbag a compulsory fitment on all motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers, comprising not more than eight seats, in addition to the driver’s seat, manufactured on and after 1st July 2019. An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system that interferes between the driver and the vehicle’s dashboard during a collision. That prevents serious injuries. Subsequently, the government has made it mandatory to have front-seat airbags other than the driver in all M1 category vehicles effective from 1st January 2022.   To enhance the safety of occupants of the motor vehicle against the lateral impact, the government has decided to boost safety features by amending the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR), 1989. The recent draft notificat...