Design Linked Incentive Scheme:
The Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme is critical to anchoring India in the most strategic and value-intensive segment of the global semiconductor value chain—chip design.
- It is a key instrument in advancing India’s ambition to develop a strong fabless capability.
- It is implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the Semicon India Programme.
- The scheme aims to reduce import dependence, strengthen supply chain resilience, and enhance domestic value addition.
- Eligibility: Start-ups and MSMEs are eligible for financial incentives and design infrastructure support for semiconductor product design & deployment.
- Other domestic companies are eligible for financial incentives for deploying semiconductor designs.
- The DLI Scheme supports: Semiconductor design across the full lifecycle—from design and development to deployment—covering Integrated Circuits (ICs), chipsets, Systems-on-Chip (SoCs), systems and IP cores.
- Nodal Agency: C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing).
