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AI mission of India : 21 Dec 2023

As part of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission, the Indian Government will enhance computational capacity and offer free services to India’s startups.

About AI Mission:

  • India,  at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit 2023 (New Delhi) announced that India will launch an artificial intelligence (AI) mission.

  • It will build AI computing power in the country. 

  • Better facilities will be available to India’s inventors and startups as a result.

  • AI applications in the fields of agriculture, healthcare, and education will be promoted,

Key Points:

  • The government is looking into different incentive programs to encourage private businesses to establish data centers throughout the country. 

  • The C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing)  will be getting compute capability set up as part of the National Supercomputing Mission.

Significance: 

  • Future economic growth is anticipated to be significantly influenced by AI, and India is attempting to lead this industry. 

  • India wants to build a digital public infrastructure (DPI) that startups can use for a very small amount of money

Why in news?

As part of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission, the Indian Government will enhance computational capacity and offer free services to India’s startups.