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₹10,300 crore. By early 2026, demonstrates AI's integration
the government reported into the lives of the informal
significant strides in building workforce. A 2025 NITI Aayog
national capacity. Currently, report, AI for Inclusive Societal
the mission has successfully Development, emphasises that
provisioned over 38,000 GPUs AI has the potential to empower
to provide affordable compute India’s 490 million informal
capacity to domestic innovators workers by widening access to
at subsidised rates. During essential financial and social
the summit, the Ministry of services.
Electronics and Information Global Leadership and
Technology (MeitY) announced Collaborative Outcomes
an additional procurement The summit culminated in
of 20,000 high-end GPUs to the New Delhi Declaration on AI
further strengthen the national Impact, a landmark document
sovereign AI stack. endorsed by 92 countries and
India’s strategy focuses on international organisations. This
making AI "open, affordable, declaration reflects a growing
and accessible." Platforms like global consensus on the need
Bhashini are breaking language to share the benefits of AI more
barriers, while Kisan e-Mitra equitably. Key collaborative
an AI chatbot supporting achievements announced at
farmers in 11 regional languages the summit included:
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