Cabinet Approves Ambitious India AI Mission to Strengthen the AI Innovation Ecosystem

Subject: Schemes

Section: Computer

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In furtherance to the vision of Making AI in India and Making AI Work for India, the Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the comprehensive national-level India AI mission with a budget outlay of Rs.10,371.92 crore.

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The Mission will be implemented by ‘India AI’ Independent Business Division (IBD) under Digital India Corporation (DIC).

Components under the mission:

IndiaAI Compute Capacity:

The IndiaAI compute pillar will build a high-end scalable AI computing ecosystem to cater to the increasing demands from India’s rapidly expanding AI start-ups and research ecosystem.
The ecosystem will comprise AI compute infrastructure of 10,000 or more Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), built through public-private partnership.
An AI marketplace will be designed to offer AI as a service and pre-trained models to AI innovators.
It will act as a one-stop solution for resources critical for AI innovation.

IndiaAI Innovation Centre:

The IndiaAI Innovation Centre will undertake the development and deployment of indigenous Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) and domain-specific foundational models in critical sectors.

IndiaAI Datasets Platform:

The IndiaAI Datasets Platform will streamline access to quality non-personal datasets for AI Innovation.
A unified data platform will be developed to provide a one-stop solution for seamless access to non-personal datasets to Indian Startups and Researchers.

IndiaAI Application Development Initiative:

The IndiaAI Application Development Initiative will promote the AI applications in critical sectors for the problem statements sourced from Central Ministries, State Departments, and other institutions.
The initiative will focus on developing/scaling/promoting adoption of impactful AI solutions with potential for catalyzing large scale socio-economic transformation.

IndiaAIFutureSkills:

IndiaAIFutureSkills is conceptualized to mitigate barriers to entry into AI programs and will increase AI courses in undergraduate, masters-level, and Ph.D. programs.
Further, Data and AI Labs will be set-up in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across India to impart foundational level courses.

IndiaAI Startup Financing:

The IndiaAI Startup Financing pillar is conceptualized to support and accelerate deep-tech AI startups and provide them streamlined access to funding to enable futuristic AI Projects.

Safe & Trusted AI:

Recognizing the need for adequate guardrails to advance the responsible development, deployment, and adoption of AI, the Safe & Trusted AI pillar will enable the implementation of Responsible AI projects including the development of indigenous tools and frameworks, self-assessment checklists for innovators, and other guidelines and governance frameworks.