India, Nov. 2 -- The global landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Geopolitical alliances are being redrawn, economic borders are tightening and tariffs, technologies, and entire supply chains are being weaponised with impunity. In this new world order, national sovereignty has become synonymous with technological sovereignty.

The Narendra Modi government's response to this changing landscape has been pragmatic and ambitious. Over the past decade, it has laid the foundation for a modern innovation economy - expanding its digital public infrastructure (DPI), opening strategic sectors such as defence and space to private enterprise, and nurturing the world's third-largest startup ecosystem. Now, the Prime Minister has decided t...