India AI Mission and Emerging AI Ecosystem | 31 Dec 2025

Source: PIB

India is expanding its AI ecosystem through the IndiaAI Mission with over ₹10,300 crore outlay and 38,000 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) deployed, strengthening indigenous computing infrastructure, startups, skilling, datasets and responsible AI governance.

What is the IndiaAI Mission?

• About: IndiaAI mission marks a defining step to position India as a global leader in Artificial Intelligence under the vision ‘Making AI in India and Making AI Work for India’.
• Implementation: It is implemented by IndiaAI, an independent business division under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), to build a comprehensive AI ecosystem that promotes innovation, supports startups, improves data access, and ensures the responsible use of AI for public good.
• Objectives: To build sovereign indigenous AI capability, promote inclusive and affordable access to AI, reduce dependence on foreign platforms and use AI as a growth engine for social and economic development.
• Key Components: Expansion of high-end computing through 38,000 GPUs, development of Indian foundation models like BharatGen AI, creation of national datasets via AIKosh, and support to AI startups and India-specific applications.

AI Ecosystem in India

• Scale & Employment: India’s technology and AI sector is expanding rapidly, with revenues projected to exceed USD 280 billion and employing over 6 million people.
  • India has secured the 3rd position globally in Artificial Intelligence competitiveness, according to a report by Stanford University’s 2025 Global AI Vibrancy Tool.
• Innovation Base: The country hosts 1,800+ Global Capability Centres, including 500+ AI-focused centres, alongside around 1.8 lakh startups.
• Startup Adoption: Nearly 89% of startups launched last year have integrated AI into their products or services.
• Enterprise Usage: India scores 2.45 out of 4 on the NASSCOM AI Adoption Index, with 87% of enterprises actively using AI solutions.
• Sectoral & Maturity Profile: AI adoption is strongest in industrial & automotive, retail, BFSI, and healthcare, contributing about 60% of AI value, while 26% of companies have achieved AI maturity at scale.

What are Major Government Initiatives Related to Artificial Intelligence in India?

• BharatGen AI: India’s first government-funded multimodal multilingual Large Language Model, supporting 22 Indian languages for text, speech and image-based AI applications.
• Sarvam AI (Sovereign LLM Ecosystem): An indigenous generative AI initiative for secure and efficient public service delivery, including smarter Aadhaar services.
• Centres of Excellence (CoEs) for AI: Research and innovation hubs in sectors like healthcare, agriculture, sustainable cities and education for developing scalable AI solutions.
• Bhashini: An AI-powered multilingual platform that provides translation and speech services in 20+ Indian languages, enabling citizens to access digital public services irrespective of language or literacy barriers.
• AI Competency Framework: A globally benchmarked capacity-building programme that equips government officials with essential AI skills for effective policymaking and future-ready governance.
• India AI Impact Summit 2026: India will host the Summit in February 2026 to showcase national AI capabilities and promote innovation. Key flagship initiatives include:
  • AI Pitch Fest (UDAAN): Global platform for AI startups to pitch innovations with special focus on women-led enterprises and differently-abled changemakers.
  • Global Innovation Challenges: Open challenges for youth, women and other innovators to Promote AI-based solutions to real-world public sector problems across domains.
  • Research Symposium: International forum for leading AI researchers from India, Global South and world to enable presentation of research, exchange of methods and global collaborations.
  • AI Expo: Exhibition focused on ethical and responsible AI with participation of 300+ exhibitors from India and 30+ countries.