The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has set up a New, Emerging and Strategic Technologies (NEST) division.
It helps to deal with new and emerging technologies.
NEST helps to partner with 5G and artificial intelligence areas of other countries.
Under NEST, central government allows data sharing of various network makers in which Huawei shares its customer details with Chinese government under 5G trails.
This division acts as the intermediate agency within the Ministry for issues pertaining to new and emerging technologies.
NEST also negotiates “technology governance rules, standards and architecture”.