Cabinet approves India AI Mission

The Cabinet approved the India AI Mission with an outlay of Rs 10,372 crore for five years to encourage AI development in the country.

About the Mission

The approved corpus will be used to build a high-end scalable AI ecosystem in public-private partnership mode.
The mission will be implemented through the IndiaAI Independent Business Division (IBD) under Digital India Corporation (DIC).
Supercomputing capacity, comprising over 10,000 GPUs (graphics processing unit), will be made available to various stakeholders for creating an AI ecosystem.
An India AI Innovation Centre (IAIC) will be set up under the mission. The IAIC will be a leading academic institution, ensuring streamlined implementation and retention of top research talent.
A National Data Management Office will be set up under the mission that will coordinate with various government departments and ministries to improve the quality of data and make them available for AI development and deployment.