India needs to urgently develop its own satellite network for providing ubiquitous high bandwidth satellite-based connectivity across the country. Ignoring this development would imply getting left behind in future space and telecom industries and continuing to be importers of such critical technologies. It would also mean losing out future high paying jobs.
Chinese companies banned under Sec 69A of the IT Act of India, are quietly making a backdoor comeback through what could be largely termed as a “Benami” route. The menace needs to be aggressively tracked and stopped
Instead of supporting Indian companies for promoting the Atmanirbhar program, on the ground, state governments actively discriminate against Indian companies. This needs to be rectified urgently.
Robotics is an exploding market, with new players jumping in, India has a nucleus of a very successful robotics private sector, albeit still in early stages. India must focus on growing this industry to be able to serve unique Indian requirements as well as for exports.
India has already signaled its intent to develop capabilities in Quantum computing. Why is quantum computing important?
Cultured meat and its technologies are critical for a world getting deeply impacted by climate change. India can least afford to ignore this technology.
Domestic industries still do not have a level playing field in government procurement. Hence the Atmanirbhar campaign needs to have an Atmanirbhar policy to accelerate self-reliance in India.
India is missing out completely on the next generation of passenger aircraft, which is the supersonic passenger aircraft. Such aircraft will transform aviation and India can ill-afford to sit on the side-stands while others take the lead.
Embraer is a once in a century opportunity for India to leapfrog in the aerospace industry, and India should not be caught up in economic philosophies of how to acquire it.
The nuclear bomb has contributed to peace for over 75 years where the United Nations has failed.
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