Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, on Thursday launched the AI Compute Portal in New Delhi. The AI Compute Portal is a digital platform through which users such as researchers,

Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched IndiaAI compute portal and dataset platform AIKosha. The Minister added that Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) will be available on the IndiaAI compute portal for as low as Rs 67/hour.

India’s Economic Survey echoes his concerns. With automation threatening millions of jobs in a labour-heavy economy, the government is weighing an AI tax to cushion the blow.

The IT ministry announced a set of key initiatives under the AI mission, including a unified datasets platform, AI KOSHA, and an AI competency framework cum portal, iGOT AI.

However, India currently does not own the patents to manufacture its own GPUs, which makes the country reliant on US tech firms Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Amazon Inc, Qualcomm Inc, Intel Corp and others for these prized chips.

Despite feeding millions, India’s agricultural sector loses nearly 40% of its produce post-harvest, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched several key initiatives under the INR 10,300 Cr IndiaAI Mission on Thursday (March 6).

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the AI Compute Portal in New Delhi, providing access to high-powered computing resources for AI applications. The government plans to establish 27 AI data labs and has allocated ₹10,

The government is focusing on developing home-grown voice-based AI models rather than only text-driven ones, which currently dominate the global AI sector. This move is expected to enhance accessibility, enabling the large sections of the population to interact with AI in their native languages through speech rather than text.

Lenovo announced plans to expand its manufacturing, as well as R&D hubs in the country in a bid to make India a "hub for AI".