Govt prefers existing laws over new regulations to govern AI; focus on innovation: MeitY SecyIndia's government prefers to leverage existing laws like the DPDP Act for AI regulation, avoiding new legislation unless absolutely necess...
16 Dec, 2025, 01.41 PM IST
We need to focus more on building India’s AI ecosystem: MeitY Additional Secy Abhishek SinghMeitY Additional Secretary Abhishek Singh talks about the potential and need for creating home-grown AI models to ensure data localisation ...
30 Oct, 2025, 11.13 AM IST
C-DAC eyeing exascale leap by 2030 via supercomputing mission 2.0The Union cabinet is expected to approve a new outlay significantly higher than the Rs 4,500 crore for NSM 1.0, CDAC Bengaluru executive di...
23 Oct, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Content removal notices should be sent prudently, says MeitY secyAddressing a workshop attended by officials across departments, Krishnan said notices under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and IT Rul...
09 Oct, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Investors confident India is a good location to manufacture, MeitY Secy says ECMS sees ₹1.18 lakh cr investmentIndia's Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme received an overwhelming response, doubling targeted investment and production, reflect...
03 Oct, 2025, 08.21 AM IST
India eyes advanced 5-7 nm chips as semiconductor mission enters next phase: Additional Secy MeitYAbhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, said that the government's investments in the sem...
10 Sep, 2025, 05.45 PM IST
Govt estimates 45 cr people lose about Rs 20,000 cr annually from real money gamingThe government is concerned about online real money gaming. It estimates significant financial losses for many citizens. A new bill, "Promo...
21 Aug, 2025, 06.20 PM IST
Online Gaming Bill tabled in Lok Sabha, MeitY Secy explains the blanket banUnion Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, proposing a ban on online games involv...
21 Aug, 2025, 06.20 PM IST
Online Gaming Bill: Companies turn to law; Panic grips gamersHappy Thursday! Gaming companies are prepping legal challenges to the new Online Gaming Bill. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispa...
21 Aug, 2025, 08.36 AM IST
Unlock tier-2 cities to boost growth of GCCs: MeitY joint secretary Secy KK SinghAround 95% of Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India are currently concentrated in just six cities, posing a challenge to efforts aimed ...
15 Jul, 2025, 10.26 AM IST
Inclusion in technology access must be prioritised: MeitY secy S KrishnanS Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), speaking on the occasion of Universal Acceptance D...
28 Mar, 2025, 02.02 PM IST
Domestic manufacturing of semiconductors is the next big space: MeitY SecyA senior official from the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) stated that domestic semiconductor manufacturing is a s...
28 Feb, 2024, 04.31 PM IST
Guwahati: MeitY Secy inaugurates SWASTHA project and other projects at IIT Centre for NanotechnologyS. Krishnan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, officiated the inaugurat...
09 Feb, 2024, 10.28 PM IST
India should go up the value chain in electronics components manufacturing: MeitY SecyS. Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), emphasized the need for India to increase its val...
19 Dec, 2023, 05.57 PM IST
India can assume leadership position through digital transformation: MeitY SecySpeaking on the need for digital transformation at the National Internet Exchange of India's (Nixi) 20th foundation day event in Delhi on M...
19 Jun, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
View: India's solar dreams can't be fulfilled under the clouds of regulatory uncertaintiesEven though the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is yet to sign the power sale agreement with discoms, after a long gap, there has ...
09 Aug, 2020, 11.06 PM IST
MeitY secy looking to make new tech opportunities available to more womenWomen should have a much greater role in shaping India's rapid technology advancement, Aruna Sundararajan told ET.
08 Mar, 2017, 09.11 AM IST