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National Supercomputing Mission

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: National Supercomputing Mission (GS3 · S&T, 28 April 2025)

What happened

  • NSM, launched in 2015, builds high-performance computing capacity [PIB].

Background

  • It supports R&D [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Supercomputers give science the compute it needs.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Science and technology: IT, computers, robotics, indigenisation

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-28): NSM, launched in 2015, builds high-performance computing capacity.
  2. Supercomputers give science the compute it needs.
Quotable data point

NSM, launched in 2015, builds high-performance computing capacity.

PIB: National Supercomputing Mission, 28 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: NSM.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

NSM launched in

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

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Official source: PIB: National Supercomputing Mission, 28 Apr 2025

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