Overview
- At the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Bridgetown, the Lok Sabha Speaker chaired a session on leveraging technology to strengthen democracy and tackle the digital divide.
- He called for responsible and ethical adoption of artificial intelligence to make legislative work more inclusive and citizen‑centric.
- Birla announced that the forthcoming Sansad Bhashini system will soon provide real‑time translation so MPs can communicate in their native languages.
- He highlighted India’s e‑Parliament ecosystem, citing Digital Sansad, AI‑enabled translation, an e‑Library, and speech‑to‑text reporting as tools improving efficiency and access.
- On the sidelines, he met parliamentary leaders, invited several Speakers to the CSPOC in New Delhi in January 2026, and engaged with the Indian diaspora in Barbados.