<h1>Central support for investment promotion sought, linking semiconductor approval and GST reforms to industrial and welfare objectives.</h1> Request for enhanced Central support to advance state investment promotion and industrial development in IT, electronics and semiconductor manufacturing, with the semiconductor unit approval identified as pivotal, and linkage of these initiatives to employment and economic growth. The minister also associated next generation GST reforms with relief for MSMEs and middle class households and sought support for higher education reforms, reaffirming intergovernmental collaboration on welfare and development programmes.