BANGALORE, INDIA: According to a published report on India Infoline, the Indian semiconductor and fab policy has so far received 12 proposals, which are said to be worth Rs. 93,000 crores.

Investments in solar/PV have dominated the proposals.

Company                                                                            (Rs. Crores)

KSK Surya                        Photovoltaic Solar PV                3211.00
Lanco Solar                     Solar PV, Polysilicon                 12938.00
PV Technologies India     Solar PV                                    6000.00
Phoenix Solar India         Solar PV                                    1200.00
Reliance Industries         Solar PV, Polysilicon                 11631.00
Reliance Industries         Semiconductor Wafer Fab        18521.00
Signet Solar Inc.             Solar PV                                     9672.00
Solar Semiconductor       Solar PV                                  11821.00
TF Solar Power               Solar PV                                     2348.00
Tata BP Solar India         Solar PV                                    1692.80
Titan Energy System       Solar PV, Polysilicon                  5880.58
Videocon Industries        TFT LCD Flat Panel                    8000.00
Source: India Infoline Ltd

According to a Press Information Bureau release, the DIT (Department of Information Technology, Government of India) has set up a panel of technical experts to evaluate the proposals.

The promoters will come up to the Appraisal Committee for sanction of subsidy under the scheme once they have reached the threshold limit of investment, as indicated in the guidelines of the Special Incentive Package Scheme.