Cloud Ecosystem and Infrastructure in India
PIB Backgrounder · Science & Tech · Posted 29 OCT 2026 2:04PM
What happened
The backgrounder highlights India's expanding cloud ecosystem, detailing data consumption statistics, empanelled cloud service providers, and the evolution of government initiatives like MeghRaj and the BHASHINI platform migration.
Why it matters for UPSC
This release illustrates India's growing domestic cloud capabilities and digital infrastructure development, which is critical for digital governance and data sovereignty under the Science and Technology syllabus.
Key objectives
- India’s internet subscriber base reached 1,092.79 million in March 2026, with average wireless data usage at 25.51 GB per subscriber per month.
- As of September 2026, India has empanelled 30 Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) across locations including Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, and Jamnagar.
- The MeghRaj initiative was launched in 2014 by MeitY, and its second-generation iteration, MeghRaj 2.0, had been adopted by 2,330 government departments as of September 2026.
- ESTIC-2026, the second edition of India’s Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave, was held from 27–29 October 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.