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AI, Cloud Sovereignty, and the Roadmap for India\u2019s $7 Trillion Economy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Union Budget 2026<\/a> announced yesterday, highlights a growing focus on artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, and digital platforms. Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO & President, Salesforce South Asia<\/strong>, shared her perspective on how these measures can support India\u2019s long-term growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Budget 2026 represents India’s transformation from technology consumption to AI-powered innovation<\/a>\u2014a blueprint for a $7 trillion economy built on intelligence, not just scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Union Budget sets the foundation for an AI-driven economy built on intelligence, data, and digital capability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The strategic architecture is balanced and long-term. The tax holiday until 2047 for cloud services is a masterstroke in data sovereignty, attracting an estimated $50 billion in data center investments by 2030 while positioning India as the cloud hub for emerging markets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSME reforms demonstrate sophisticated thinking. The \u20b910,000 crore SME<\/a> Growth Fund, combined with the TReDs platform mandate and expanded safe harbor thresholds, creates force multipliers enabling India’s 63 million MSMEs to scale from survivors to global champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Budget 2026 represents India\u2019s transformation from technology consumption to AI-powered innovation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The High-Powered Committee on Education to Employment targets capturing 10% of global services trade by 2047\u2014ambitious but achievable given our demographic advantage: 65% under 35, digital infrastructure like UPI and Aadhaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI integration is refreshingly pragmatic. Bharat-VISTAAR<\/a>‘s multilingual agricultural platform and AI in school curricula show generational thinking, ensuring our demographic dividend becomes an intelligent dividend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We see the Budget as a structural roadmap that creates an environment where technology, enterprises, and individuals can unite to collectively propel India’s future advancement. However, the critical gap remains R&D investment, we risk becoming sophisticated consumers of AI rather than creators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Union Budget’s design powers national growth<\/a>, driven by AI<\/a>, cloud sovereignty<\/a>, and innovative digital platforms. This technological foundation is key to defining the future of growth, and Salesforce fully embraces this opportunity.”
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Know more:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Read about Salesforce India growth story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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