India should develop its own sovereign digital solutions, reduce reliance on US systems: GTRI

India’s heavy reliance on US software, cloud, and social media creates strategic vulnerabilities, warns think tank GTRI. The report urges developing indigenous OS, cloud, cybersecurity, and AI through a “Digital Swaraj Mission” by 2030. Phased steps include sovereign cloud hosting, national OS, Linux adoption, and public-private cybersecurity consortia.

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