00:00I can say in case of semiconductors by 2031, 2032, in that time frame, we'll be equivalent to what many of these countries are at today.
00:10And then it will be a race which will be a very fair and a level playing field.
00:16Similar things will happen in other technologies also.
00:19Minister, conditions matter.
00:22Yes.
00:23Has the widening divide or maybe deepening competition, another way of looking at it, between the United States and China changed the calculus for India's ambitions, its opportunity in technology?
00:39Our prime minister has always told us that we should strengthen our line.
00:44We should make our line longer.
00:47We should make ourselves more stronger.
00:49However, we should make sure that our capabilities increase rather than trying to reduce somebody else's capabilities.
00:56We don't think in...
00:58You don't think in zero sum terms.
01:00Yeah.
01:00We think that we have made lots of contributions to the human society over the last 5,000 years.
01:09And we as a civilization will continue to make those contributions.
01:13We should be able to strengthen our capabilities, further our capabilities going forward.
01:20Most countries are forced to make a choice.
01:23Am I going to align myself with the United States?
01:28Am I going to align myself with China?
01:31For India, is there such a thing as digital non-alignment, digital sovereignty, if you like?
01:39Digital sovereignty is a point that practically every country today thinks about.
01:44Would like to have the luxury to think about.
01:48More like ability to have control over your own future.
01:52Yes.
01:53In that sense.
01:54In a digital world, there are no boundaries, as we know.
01:58Internet doesn't follow the global geographic boundaries.
02:02Digital sovereignty is definitely important, but our policy has been, our foreign policy,
02:09as well as our technology policies of multi-alignment, our policy has been that how do we contribute
02:17to the growth of technology and betterment of entire humanity through our contributions.
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