Overview
- Industrialist Harsh Goenka’s hypothetical of losing access to Google, Instagram, X, Facebook and ChatGPT prompted a national Plan B discussion.
- Vembu urged a decade-long National Mission for Tech Resilience, warning India’s dependence reaches into operating systems, chips and fabrication.
- NASSCOM figures cited in reports project more than 500 million users disrupted and up to a 60% advertising revenue hit if access were abruptly cut.
- Coverage highlights proposed substitutes such as Zoho and Nextcloud for cloud, Arattai for messaging, and open-source AI efforts like Bhashini.
- Analysts point to persistent gaps in mainstream OS ecosystems and chip fabrication despite steps like the Vikram processor, with timelines for sovereignty contested.