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Budget 2026 expectations live: Industry calls for stronger cyber-physical security funding for critical infrastructure
Mr. Shriprakash Pandey, Chairman and Managing Director, Commtel Networks Limited, said, “
“Budget 2026 is an opportunity to decisively strengthen India’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) by recognising cyber-physical security and resilience as a core national capex priority, not merely an IT expense. As power grids, oil & gas networks, utilities and transportation systems become increasingly digitised, vulnerabilities in Operational Technology/ Industrial Control Systems (OT/ICS) environments can translate into safety incidents and large-scale service disruptions. While India has taken important regulatory steps through National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the next leap must be execution at scale—backed by sustained funding for sectoral institutions, training, audits, tooling and rapid-response capabilities.”
