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Union Cabinet Clears ₹18,000 Crore National Quantum Computing Corridor

High-performance cryogenic hubs in Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad will spearhead cryptographic security and drug discovery simulations.

Priyanka Sen
By Priyanka Sen
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 08:15 AM UTC
Union Cabinet Clears ₹18,000 Crore National Quantum Computing Corridor
Dilution refrigerator inside the newly sanctioned Bengaluru Quantum Computing Laboratory.Photo: The Veritas / Devendra Rao
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Key Takeaways
  • •₹18,000 crore outlay approved for an 8-year indigenous quantum development timeline.
  • •1,400 km quantum key distribution fiber link connects Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad.
  • •Primary applications include post-quantum cryptography, materials modeling, and pharmaceutical synthesis.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave formal budgetary clearance to the ₹18,000 crore National Quantum Computing Corridor (NQCC), an ambitious eight-year plan to build indigenous 1,000-qubit quantum processors.

Under the program, three anchor facilities located in Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad will connect over a secure quantum key distribution (QKD) fiber network spanning 1,400 kilometers.

The Ministry of Science and Technology noted that early test deployments will focus on accelerating targeted cancer molecule discovery, optimizing logistics networks, and safeguarding the financial sector against quantum decryption threats.

Public-private consortiums comprising premier scientific institutions and private cloud providers will begin construction on the first cryogenic computing facility next month.

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