“Gaya tha iski taali baja rahe ho ki aaya hu iss liye taali baja rahe ho?” — PM Modi’s witty remark lights up Semicon India 2025

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought a touch of humor to the Semicon India 2025 conference in Delhi on Tuesday, September 2, with a witty remark that left the audience in laughter. Fresh from his visits to Japan and China the previous night, the Prime Minister was welcomed with loud applause as he began his address.

Responding to the warm reception, he quipped, “Gaya tha iski taali baja rahe ho ki aaya hu iss liye taali baja rahe ho? (You are clapping because I went or because I returned?),” a line that instantly connected with the audience.

The three-day conference began with a historic milestone — the presentation of India’s first indigenously made semiconductor chips to the Prime Minister. The event underscores India’s ambition to emerge as a global hub for semiconductor manufacturing by developing a sustainable, resilient, and competitive ecosystem.

In his keynote, PM Modi emphasized the growing global confidence in India’s semiconductor vision. “The world trusts, believes and is ready to build the future of semiconductors with India,” he said.

Highlighting India’s strong economic performance, he pointed to the recently released Q1 2025 GDP data. “At a time when there are concerns in the economy of the world, there are challenges created by economic selfishness; in that environment, India has achieved a growth of 7.8 per cent,” Modi noted.

He further underlined India’s commitment to becoming a semiconductor leader, declaring, “The day is not far when the world will say, designed in India, made in India, trusted by the world.”