Lok Sabha Question No. 466 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Growth of Bharat 6G Alliance
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri Rodmal Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 466 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2026

## GROWTH OF BHARAT 6G ALLIANCE

## *466.   SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Bharat  6G  Alliance  has  successfully  grown  to  include  over  84  member organizations as of March 2026 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the manner in which Rs. 1 Lakh-crore Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund has accelerated frontier research in AI-native networks and satellite-terrestrial integration;
- (c) the specific milestones achieved by the seven 6G Working Groups in finalising the National Spectrum Roadmap;
- (d) whether the Government has successfully demonstrated the indigenous 6G testbed capable of terabits-per-second data speeds and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  manner  in  which  Anusandhan  National  Research  Foundation  (ANRF)  is  supporting startups in developing patents for 6G architecture and Radio Frequency (RF) sensing frameworks?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  IN  RESPECT  OF  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 466 FOR 25 TH  MARCH, 2026 REGARDING 'GROWTH OF BHARAT 6G ALLIANCE.'

(a) The Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA), an industry and academia-led society, has 85 members as of 15 th  March 2026. These members represent a broad and diverse ecosystem comprising telecom service providers, telecom equipment manufacturers, startups, research and development institutions, academia and other stakeholders from the telecom sector. The Alliance serves as a collaborative platform  for  various  stakeholders  to  work  together  towards  innovation,  standardisation  and development of indigenous 6G technologies, in alignment with the Bharat 6G Vision announced by the Government of India.

(b) The Government has announced the ₹1.0 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme to provide long-term financial support for undertaking research and innovation in critical and emerging technology areas vital for national development and global competitiveness. The Department of Science and Technology is the nodal department for implementation  of RDI Scheme. The scheme aims to catalyse private sector investment in research and development and support innovation in key domains such as -

- (i) energy security and energy transition and climate action;
- (ii) deep technologies, including quantum computing, robotics and space technologies;
- (iii) artificial intelligence and advanced digital technologies;
- (iv) biotechnology and medical devices; and
- (v) digital economy, including areas such as digital agriculture.

(c) One of the seven working groups on 'spectrum' constituted by the Bharat 6G Alliance has published  a  report  titled  'Spectrum  Roadmap  For  6G  in  India'.  Further,  the  Department  of Telecommunications, after consultation  with  stakeholders  including  the  Bharat  6G  Alliance,  has released Spectrum Roadmap for 6G services, which can be accessed online at https://www.dot.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/02/092d793d6ea912a5dd79bf0c26ea1a84.pdf .

(d) A project for the establishment of a 6G terahertz testbed at Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER),  Kolkata, an autonomous research and development body under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology by a consortium consisting  of  SAMEER  and  three  other  members,  namely,  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IIT) Madras, IIT Guwahati and IIT Patna, has been approved from the Telecom Technology Development Fund  under  Digital  Bharat  Nidhi.  Under  this  project,  a  high  data-rate  line-of-sight  link  was demonstrated in  the  India  Mobile  Congress  2025,  achieving  a  data  rate  of  6,400  megabytes  per second over a 270 gigahertz wireless link.

(e) The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has been established through an Act of  Parliament,  under  the  Department  of  Science  and  Technology,  to  provide  high-level  strategic direction  for  research,  innovation  and  entrepreneurship  across  diverse  fields  of  science  and engineering.  It  is  designed  to  support  research  institutions  and  innovation  ecosystems  through funding  programmes,  innovation  grants  and  incubation  support,  with  the  objective  of  promoting development of advanced technologies.

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