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Updated: Jun 26, 2026 23:36 IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Union Minister of Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, has stated that AI, nuclear, area and Quantum technologies will determine the contours of future progress and global competitiveness.
He stated India is quickly rising as a serious pressure in frontier technologies, with the National Quantum Mission (NQM) already attaining greater than half of its focused outcomes inside three years of its launch in 2023, in accordance to a Science and Technology Ministry launch.
The Minister made the remarks throughout a Media Conclave organised by a information channel. He stated that India immediately stands at a stage the place it’s progressing alongside main nations in a number of crucial expertise domains and is steadily constructing capabilities that may outline the following period of financial progress, nationwide safety and global competitiveness.
The Minister stated that area, nuclear and Quantum Technologies will play a decisive position in shaping the future world order, influencing not solely financial development but in addition strategic energy and geopolitical positioning.
“Countries that fall behind in these technologies risk falling behind in both development and security,” he stated.
Referring to the National Quantum Mission, Jitendra Singh stated a number of key milestones have been achieved forward of schedule.
He stated substantial progress has already been made in quantum-secure communication, an space with important functions in defence, strategic communications, cyber safety and safety of delicate info.
The Minister stated the tempo of progress achieved below the Mission demonstrates India’s rising scientific capabilities and its dedication to turning into a global chief in rising technologies. He added that India is making fast advances throughout the quantum ecosystem, together with quantum communication, quantum computing and associated analysis areas.
Jitendra Singh, who can be Minister for Earth Sciences and Minister of State within the Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, stated AI is turning into an important instrument throughout each sector and can more and more affect governance, trade, training, healthcare, analysis and public service supply. He stated India is concurrently strengthening the supporting ecosystem by way of investments in digital infrastructure, computing capability, information sources and dependable power techniques. (ANI)