New Delhi, April 4 -- India has secured the 36th position out of 170 nations in the latest UN global index measuring a country's preparedness for frontier technologies, according to the 2025 Technology and Innovation Report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This marks a significant improvement from its 48th rank in 2022.

The 'Readiness for Frontier Technologies' index evaluates factors such as ICT deployment, skills, research and development (R&D), industrial capacity, and financial accessibility. India showed strong performance in R&D (3rd) and industrial capacity (10th) but lagged in ICT (99th) and skills (113th).

The report highlights that emerging economies like India, Brazil, China, and the Philipp...