India Joins US-led Pax Silica to Strengthen AI and Semiconductor Supply ChainsIn February 2026, India formally joined as the 12th Country in the United States of America (USA)-led Pax Silica coalition, a strategic alliance of nations aimed at building secure, resilient, and innovation-driven supply chains for critical minerals, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
India’s Strategic Role in Pax Silica:
Security: The initiative builds resilient supply chains in critical minerals, rare earth elements (REE), semiconductors, and AI, while promoting public-private collaboration and technology transfer.
Sovereignty: It aims to reduce global dependence on China in rare earth processing and semiconductor manufacturing, reinforcing technological and economic security.
Contribution: As a signatory, India contributes a large engineering talent base, advanced chip design capabilities including 2-nanometre (nm) technology, ten semiconductor plants under development, and 8.52 million tonnes (MT) of rare earth reserves aligned with the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) and India Semiconductor Mission (ISM).
Launch: Pax Silica was launched on 12 December 2025 in Washington, District of Columbia (DC), as a USA-led strategic coalition with founding members including the USA, Japan, Republic of Korea (ROK), Singapore, United Kingdom (UK), Israel, and Australia.

• The coalition later expanded to include Greece, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Netherlands, and India, strengthening its trusted technology partnership network.