PARLIAMENT QUESTION: NATIONAL MISSION ON INTERDISCIPLINARY CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (NM-ICPS)

• NM-ICPS is a pan-India mission to build R&D, translation and HRD capacity in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) — AI, robotics, IoT, quantum, cybersecurity — through a network of 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) at premier institutes.
• Run by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) under the Ministry of Science & Technology; 5-year outlay of ₹3,660 crore approved in 2018.
• Highly examinable for GS-III (Sci-Tech, indigenisation) — current hook: a 11 Feb 2026 Parliament Question highlighting Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation at IIT Tirupati on Positioning & Precision Technologies (NavIC, GIS, digital twins).