Wish List for Tech India 2030

The West dominated till the 2000s. 2010s was the China decade. There is no reason why the 2020s cannot belong to India. If we get everything right, we could be a tech superpower by 2030. A tech wish list for that to happen…

- Sunil Rajguru

The entire soil landscape of India has been mapped at both the macro and micro levels and so we have a great deal of data about the soil fertility, density and moisture. This helps the farmer to know the quality of all the soil all the time and he can plant which crops he wants and how many accordingly. Every tractor, pump and storage unit in India has an IoT device. This helps monitor them 24X7, check their efficiency and know whether they have broken down.

Irrigation systems rely on IoTs and sensors which open the pipes only when required, saving water and boosting plant growth. All cattle wear IoT collars to track health, location and total herd movement. Agricultural drones patrol the fields to look for anomalies and do routine tasks. Drones-as-a-Service (DaaS) caters to a wide variety of farmers and agro companies.

The government has digitized the entire agricultural system with all the information related to storms, weather, long-term climate, long-term crop trends, daily mandi prices, vegetable-fruit networks, agro companies requirements… and integrated it into a convenient government portal which is available via all the apps, in every regional language, for the farmer in every remote corner of India via his smartphone. Or maybe he has an agro smartwatch to do the trick. The farmer can monitor both his farm and regional-national info from his wrist.