New Delhi, March 8 -- Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw has challenged India's leading IT companies, including Infosys, TCS, and Wipro, to develop an indigenous mobile operating system (OS), asserting that the government would extend full support to such initiatives, Moneycontrol reported.

Speaking at the Dataquest India Digital Leadership Conclave in New Delhi on March 7, Vaishnaw said the time had come for India to shift from being a service-oriented tech ecosystem to becoming a product-driven nation.

Vaishnaw also underscored the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in India's startup ecosystem, stating that 80% of startups in the country are now AI-powered and nearly 4 lakh AI professionals are wo...