On Tuesday, the country's secretary for electronics and information technology, Alkesh Kumar Sharma, announced that the nation's production of semiconductors would start very soon.

After the state-owned company Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) brought up the issue of a shortage of electronic chip and printed circuit board (PCB or motherboard), which is hindering the domestic production of electric metres, he was responding to a question regarding the plan of action of the Ministry of Electronics and IT.

 He was doing so in response to a question about the plan of action of the Ministry of Electronics and IT.

"One of the top 6-7 partners who produce semiconductors will include India as one of their companies. It would happen in a very short amount of time "That was said by Sharma.

Meity has taken the lead in the development of technology, whether it be in the electronic or automotive sector, or even artificial intelligence, as stated by Sharma while he was speaking at a conference on technology transfer held in Thiruvananthapuram by C-DAC for the local manufacturing of smart metres and electric chargers.

 Sharma made this statement while he was delivering a presentation at the conference.

"We are in the driver's seat when it comes to the fight against climate change because we have taken the initiative. 

The shift towards technology that is less harmful to the environment is a key element, and one of the most important goals that can be pursued in this context is the promotion of electric vehicles (EV). 

The amount of demand is expected to continue to rise. At the moment, the twenty largest cities in India need a combined total of five thousand charging stations.

 The implementation of ToT for electric vehicles would lead to huge benefits for the country "he said..

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Under the auspices of the National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), the Central Applied Research Laboratory (C-DAC) in Thiruvananthapuram has produced a smart energy metre that corresponds to Indian standards and is compatible with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) (AMI).

Sharma believes that the installation of local smart metres would improve the accuracy of metering, lead to a decrease in people's overall power use, result in more accurate billing, and be beneficial to power distribution firms. 

All of these outcomes would be a result of the installation of local smart metres.

This move from old smart metres to digital smart metres is simply a transitory phase, according to a senior official from EESL who was involved in the transfer.

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"We are now facing challenges such as the inability to get certain hardware components, chips, and PCBs (printed circuit boards).

 As a result, we are all forced to depend on the manufacturing capacities of other countries.

 As a result of the efforts that C-DAC has put into developing indigenous technology, we will soon be able to carry out our own manufacturing.

 Someone from from our very own country really must be there "if we are to believe the commander.