{"data": {"schema": "publicfeed.update.v1", "id": "PIB-2324307", "url": "https://publicfeed.in/orders/PIB-2324307", "headline": "Government provides ₹150 crore to QNu Labs for quantum-secure technology", "summary": "The Technology Development Board (TDB) of the Department of Science & Technology announced on 16 October 2026 that it has signed an agreement to provide ₹150 crore in financial support to QNu Labs Private Limited. This funding, provided as Optionally Convertible Debt, is part of a ₹300 crore project to build an indigenous technology backbone for India’s Quantum Secure and Sensing Networks (IQSN). The project aims to move quantum technologies from readiness levels 4–5 to level 9, focusing on identity security, location integrity, network security, and time integrity. The release does not say when the project takes effect.", "key_points": ["Funding: ₹150 crore provided by TDB via the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund", "Total Project Cost: ₹300 crore", "Goal: Advance technology from TRL 4–5 to TRL-9 for sovereign quantum-security and sensing", "Focus Areas: Device identity, location integrity, network security, and time integrity", "Funding Method: Provided through Optionally Convertible Debt (OCD)"], "issued_date": "2026-10-16", "listing_date": "2026-10-16", "document": {"form": "Press release", "number": "2324307", "type": "Press release", "legal_character": "informational_communication", "functions": ["sanctions_expenditure", "announces"], "cites": []}, "issuer": "Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India", "department": "Ministry of Science & Technology", "source": {"key": "pib", "name": "Press Information Bureau", "site": "pib.gov.in", "official_url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2324307"}, "topics": ["quantum technology", "cybersecurity", "r&d funding"], "reader_topics": ["Government services"], "intent": "updates", "states": ["ka"], "national": false, "places": ["India"], "applies_to": ["private company"], "dates": [], "revision": "b3bf47c0be713b93", "recorded_at": "2026-10-16T10:06:56.847754+00:00", "provenance": {"method": "ai_summary", "automated_check": "pass", "human_review": "pending"}}, "meta": {"schema": "publicfeed.update.v1", "count": 1, "next": null, "plan": "free", "feed_updated_at": "2026-10-24T23:23:14.171752+00:00", "generated_at": "2026-10-25T00:13:21+00:00"}, "attribution": "Data: PublicFeed (https://publicfeed.in), summarising official documents linked in each record. Summaries are AI-generated and not legal advice; the official original is the authority.", "license": "https://publicfeed.in/terms#data-licence"}