Sanjay Singh

The Indian Railways has approved a ₹398.36 crore optical fibre cable project for the Ahmedabad and Ratlam divisions of Western Railway. The communication backbone will support Kavach train safety system deployment across 1,929 route kilometres.

CometChat has raised ₹56 crore from Run Ventures to expand AI-powered customer service tools. The funding will target healthcare and e-commerce sectors where automated customer engagement affects business outcomes.

A parliamentary committee found the Environment Ministry spent only 68 per cent of its ₹3,481 crore budget by January 2026. The panel called for urgent action on Delhi-NCR's worsening air quality crisis.

The Centre has approved 104 research projects worth ₹271 crore to develop indigenous 6G technology under the TTDF scheme. The government has also released a spectrum roadmap covering 2025 to 2035.

The Department of Atomic Energy is expanding partnerships with State Agricultural Universities to develop radiation-bred crop varieties for Indian farmers, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh told Parliament.

Vijayawada-based AquaExchange has raised ₹67 crore in Series B funding to expand its shrimp farm automation platform. The company claims its technology has improved crop success rates to 85 per cent on monitored farms.

VC investors say Union Budget 2026 emphasis on artificial intelligence, MSME financing and strategic technologies could strengthen India's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Union Budget 2026 narrows policy uncertainty for investors by backing semiconductor manufacturing, defence production and data infrastructure with higher allocations, tax incentives and continued emphasis on domestic capability, industry leaders say.

Education and hiring leaders say Budget 2026 signals a move from access-led education to skills, AI readiness and industry-aligned employability.

A technology executive says affordable, sovereign computing and GPU infrastructure in Tier-2 cities is key for Indian startups to compete globally in the AI era.