Why India must use AI to save what it already grows

    20-Mar-2026
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Ms Rubal Chib
Contd from last Thursday
This is why the current policy emphasis on sovereign, domestically grounded AI is both timely and necessary. The IndiaAI Mission signals a clear shift in how the state is approaching artificial intelligence- not as a frontier technology divorced from everyday realities, but as developmental infrastructure. Through targeted funding for indigenous AI applications, investments in national compute capacity, support for Indian datasets, and programmes to incubate sector-specific solutions, the Mission is building an ecosystem where innovation is anchored in local needs.(To be contd)