Cabinet Approves Ambitious India AI Mission to Strengthen the AI Innovation Ecosystem
- March 8, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Cabinet Approves Ambitious India AI Mission to Strengthen the AI Innovation Ecosystem
Subject: Schemes
Section: Computer
Context:
- 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.
More on news:
- 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.