Overview
- A PIB note confirms more than ₹10,300 crore over five years for the IndiaAI Mission to build compute, back startups, develop indigenous models, and expand skilling.
- Public AI infrastructure has been scaled from an initial 10,000 GPUs to 38,000 GPUs, to be offered at subsidised rates to startups and researchers.
- FutureSkills PRIME reports 18.5 lakh-plus enrolments and over 3.37 lakh course completions in AI and other emerging technologies.
- Inclusion remains central, with multilingual platforms such as Bhashini and BharatGen and voice- and mobile-first tools aimed at extending benefits to non‑English users and India’s 490 million informal workers, as highlighted by NITI Aayog.
- The government links the projected economic gains to broad AI adoption across healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, financial services, education, governance, and climate services.