Well, things continue to plod along at ISRO, recent tender posting for a wafer dicing saw. So they still appear to be ramping up for something. Maybe GaAs related, or maybe not. One day we may know....
https://scl.eprocure.isro.gov.in/viewpages/tendernoticedisplay.asp?6F583E5643D62CFC5AA6612943
the dicing saw is required for (among other things):
i) Epitaxial Wafers having Silicon handling layer and active layer of:
i. Gallium Nitride
ii. Gallium Arsenide
iii. Silicon Germanium
full technical document :
https://scl.eprocure.isro.gov.in/tnduploads/scl/tndheader/IDT00199000000000000isro05401.pdf