PARLIAMENT QUESTION: PROGRESS UNDER NM-ICPS

• NM-ICPS = National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems, a flagship DST mission to build India's capability in AI, ML, IoT/IoE, robotics, quantum, cybersecurity, data analytics.
• Implemented via a network of 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) — each a Section-8 company housed in elite institutes (IITs, IISc, IIITs, BITS Pilani, ISI Kolkata).
• Total outlay ₹3,660 crore; period 2018–2027.
• Examinable as a Science & Tech mission and as a federal R&D/innovation governance case for GS-III.