At the Times Now Summit 2026, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that India is now aiming to play a bigger role in the global telecom space with its strong push towards 6G technology. “India is targeting around 10 per cent share in global 6G patents and has already contributed nearly 4,000 patents over the last few years,” he said.
According to the Union Minister, this is the first time in the history of independent India that the country is on the standard-setting table for telecom technology being rolled out. He stressed that Bharat 6G Alliance has been set up based on a vision laid out by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a very early stage, when even 5G had not been fully rolled out in 2023 post-COVID.
The Bharat 6G Alliance was constituted in 2024 with 14 members to begin with.
“It’s now grown to 85 members. And who are these members? There are people from the entrepreneurial world, from academia, IIT professors and such, from industry, telecom service providers, original equipment manufacturers, and across the board. And these 85 individual constituents have been divided into 7 working groups,” Scindia said.
“And as of date, our commitment is that we would like to contribute 10% of global patents for 6G. And as of date, over the last four years, we have contributed close to 4,000 patents already under our belt. It’s the first time that India has ever been on that standard-setting table,” he added.
He Explained What 6G Can Do
Explaining 6G in simple terms, the Union Minister said that while 5G offers higher speeds, lower latency,and the ability to carry more data, 6G will take this to the next level. It will further improve speeds, reduce latency to just milliseconds and provide a much wider network capacity.
He gave the example of a recent health camp in the Gwalior-Chambal region, where doctors performed a robotic surgery from about 20-25 feet away from the patient.
He said that with 6G, this could go much further — a doctor sitting in Delhi could perform such a surgery remotely in rural India.
According to him, this is the real power of 6G.
“Imagine a student sitting in Raipur in Chhattisgarh or in Rewa logging into Stanford University, Harvard University, Yale courses, live, while sitting in rural India. That is the power of 6G. Imagine a patient going through a health check-up and, through telemedicine, conducting live tests with the doctor looking at the results and giving the prescription within a matter of minutes,” Scindia explained.
It’s actually going to bring the world live to your doorstep as is, the Union Minister said.
