- Sameer Kanodia, Managing Director and CEO of Lumina Datamatics Limited
“As India prepares for the Union Budget, we expect a sharper policy focus on strengthening digital and AI-led infrastructure that underpins knowledge services, publishing, and the fast-growing retail and e-commerce ecosystem. Continued investments in advanced technologies such as AI, automation, and cloud platforms will be critical to improving productivity across content creation, digital publishing workflows, and large-scale retail operations.
For the publishing sector, targeted support for technology-enabled content production, research digitisation, and global content services exports can help Indian companies deepen their role in the international knowledge economy. Similarly, policy measures that encourage data-driven retail operations, catalogue automation, and digital supply chains will be vital as e-commerce scales in complexity and volume.
Aligned with our expectations, a strong emphasis on AI-focused skill development, R&D incentives, and ease of doing business for technology-driven service providers that can enable companies to continue building globally competitive solutions from India, while creating high-value employment and accelerating innovation across publishing and commerce.”
2 Siddhartha Abburi, Director, Avantel Limited
“As India approaches the Union Budget, we anticipate a sharper policy emphasis on building sovereign technology capabilities across strategic communications, defence electronics, and satellite-enabled systems. Sustained investment in defence modernisation, space-based connectivity, and secure digital infrastructure will be essential to creating resilient, mission-critical platforms that are designed, developed, and manufactured domestically.
For the defence and space communications ecosystem, focused support for design-led R&D, domestic production of advanced communication technologies, and long-term procurement clarity can enable Indian enterprises to play a deeper and more predictable role in national security and strategic infrastructure. Policy measures that accelerate indigenisation across high-value electronics, system integration, and software-defined communication architectures will be increasingly critical as operational requirements scale in both sophistication and complexity.
A strong emphasis on R&D incentives, advanced skills in communications and embedded systems, and an improved ease-of-doing-business environment for technology manufacturers can position India to deliver globally competitive, indigenous solutions, thereby strengthening strategic self-reliance while generating high-value employment and innovation-led growth.”