Tag: technology policy
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
Budget 2026:Â National GCC Framework Moves Beyond Bangalore to Tier-II/III Tech Hubs
The Union Budget 2026 has signalled the operational rollout of the National Global Capability Centre (GCC) Guidance Framework, which was announced in Budget 2025...
Budget 2026 Doubles ECMS Outlay to ₹40,000 Crore, Signals Component Manufacturing Boom
The Union Budget 2026 has increased the allocation for the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) to ₹40,000 crore, up from ₹22,919 crore, marking a...
Budget 2026 Launches India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 with ₹1,000 Crore Allocation
The Union Budget 2026 has announced India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 with an allocation of ₹1,000 crore for FY27. The new phase builds on...
IndiaAI Mission Allocated ₹1,000 Crore in Budget 2026
The Union Budget 2026 has allocated ₹1,000 crore to the IndiaAI Mission, lower than the ₹2,000 crore provided in the previous year. Actual expenditure...
DPDPA 2023 & DPDP Rules 2025: Expert Insights from Dr. Prashant Mali
India’s data protection landscape has undergone its biggest shift in decades with the introduction of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) 2023 and...
Global Leaders Unite for Safe AI Future
At the Carnegie India Global Technology Summit in New Delhi on Friday, global policymakers, diplomats, and tech leaders united in their call for robust...
Navy Chief: Semiconductor Policy Key to India’s Defence Future
India’s semiconductor policy is set to play a pivotal role in strengthening defence manufacturing, according to Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi. Speaking at...
India Leads AI Adoption and Governance, Says Sitharaman
India is not just a frontrunner in Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption but is also actively shaping global AI governance, Union Minister of Finance and...
