Union Minister of Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has said on Monday that the assessment of large language model (LLM) products in India's ambitious Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission has reached the final stage. The government is now ready to grant the best performing groups with financing to speed up their work.
“Many industries have already begun creating AI-based applications, and several have been recognized by the AI Mission,” Vaishnaw stated. He emphasized the growing integration of AI technologies across key sectors like education, healthcare, and manufacturing. “There is large-scale adoption happening, and that means we’ll be able to harness AI for significant productivity gains,” he added.
In a significant move, the government aims to help develop India's first indigenous base AI model in 10 months — a plan Vaishnaw had announced in February.
India's AI Mission, for which Cabinet clearance was given a year ago with an outlay of over ₹10,000 crore, is aimed at developing an open-source AI ecosystem as seen in efforts being made worldwide in the U.S. and EU, for example. The initiative's pillar is the development of one of the largest computing infrastructure for AI in the world, with no less than 18,693 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) allocated to be utilized.
“We have already acquired the first 14,000 GPUs. The empanelment process for the second tranche is underway, and we’re receiving an equally strong response,” Vaishnaw said, underlining the enthusiasm from startups and AI researchers for the robust compute capacity being made available.
This strategic drive occurs as India wants to consolidate its place in the international AI competition by boosting semiconductor strengths, creating compute infrastructure, and developing domestic innovation in AI research and development.
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