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COVER STORY

hese AI solutions in India demonstrate
that today, the benefits of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) are reaching every
T sector, from the judiciary to language
access, from disaster management to literacy,
from farmers to doctors, from students to start-
ups, and from women to youth. India is rapidly
progressing towards becoming an AI superpow-
er. India is rapidly becoming a global AI hub, a
new force for innovation, startups, and digital
growth. The world’s biggest technological revo-
lution—Artificial Intelligence (AI)—is now being Scan the QR code to view the full
programme of the Prime Minister.
guided by India, becoming not just a technology
but a new engine of India’s economic power. The
use of AI in India is completely different from
other countries in the world. While the world
invests in AI technology to enhance its own Artificial Intelligence is
power, India, working on the vision of “Sabka such a transformation in
Saath, Sabka Vikas,” is engaged in developing
technology to benefit the marginalised people human history. What we
in society and all of humanity. Prime Minister see today, what we predict
Narendra Modi’s vision is clear that technology today, are only the early
should not be limited to a select few, but to signs of its impact. AI is
every youth, every farmer, every entrepreneur,
every student. Therefore, Indian AI is AI for All, making machines intelligent,
meaning technology like AI is for everyone. but more importantly,
India is at a crucial stage in its development it is multiplying human
journey. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging capability many times over.
as a key enabler of this development. Over 6 The difference this time is
million tech and AI professionals are currently
working in India. Of the more than 1,800 Global that both the speed and the
Capability Centers, more than 500 are focused scale are unprecedented
solely on AI. Therefore, India is now becoming
the world’s largest AI talent hub. A prime Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
example of this is that 89 percent of the nearly
200,000 startups are using AI in their solutions.
According to NASSCOM, 87 percent of Indian
enterprise companies have adopted AI. Four
sectors: automobile, retail, BFSI, and healthcare a major boost to AI and digital infrastructure.
account for 60 percent of the country’s total AI This budget proposes tax exemptions for cloud
value. But the real game changer is infrastruc- companies until 2047, the period when India
ture. Approximately $70 billion in investment is becomes a developed nation. A 15 percent safe
underway in AI data centers, and an additional harbor, or legal protection, has been established
$90 billion has been announced. This is just the for data center providers, with the limit raised
beginning. The General Budget 2026-27 provides from n300 crore to n2,000 crore. This means the

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