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Digital Ecosystem
AI & VAIBHAV

Key points of Prime

Minister’s speech

at VAIBHAV

l We are meeting on the birth anniversary of Highlights of Prime Minister’s
Mahatma Gandhi. I am reminded of something speech at RAISE
that Gandhiji had said. He wanted fruits of
scientific progress to reach rural India, where l We are home to the world's largest unique
most of our people live identity system -- Aadhaar. We also have the
l Indian diasporas have been successful in many world's most innovative digital payments
fields. Academics are one shining example. system -- UPI. This has enabled providing
Through VAIBHAV, we present to you a great access to digital services, including financial
opportunity to connect and contribute services, like Direct Benefit Transfer to the
l Binary code -- 1 and 0 – are the base of computing. poor and marginalised
When one speaks of zero, how can one not speak l In the pandemic situation, we saw how
of India? Zero made much of mathematics, and India's digital readiness was a great help
commerce, accessible to all l India is rapidly expanding its optical fibre
l Inspired by our glorious past and powered by network. The aim is to provide every village
our achievements in the present, we are looking with high-speed internet connectivity
ahead with great hope. We are aiming to build l The National Educational Technology
a secure and prosperous future for the coming Forum is being formed. This will create
generations an e-Education unit to boost the digital
l India got a National Education Policy after over infrastructure, digital content and capacity
three decades. It gives a much-needed boost to l Virtual labs are being established to provide
research and innovation hands-on experience to learners
l Our agricultural scientists have toiled to ramp l We have also launched the Atal Innovation
up our production of pulses. Today we import Mission to promote a culture of innovation
a very small fraction of our pulses. Our food- and entrepreneurship. We aim to keep pace
grain production has hit a record high
with emerging technologies

opinion makers, Government percentage points by 2035. adding: “Why not use AI to
representatives and aca- seamlessly bridge language
demia. With 45 sessions, the FOCUS ON AI FOR INDIA barriers. Let us think about
summit was organised be- The Prime Minister has simple and effective ways of
tween October 5 and 9. It saw put special focus on AI for how AI can empower Divyang
participation of around 300 India. He said: “We need to sisters and brothers.”
speakers from academia, in- make Artificial Intelligence He also said India's National
dustry and the Government. in India and make Artificial programme on Artificial
It is estimated that AI has a intelligence work for India.” Intelligence will be dedicated
potential to add $9,570 Crore He suggested a number towards the rightful use
to India's GDP and boost of ways to use AI for the of AI in solving societal
India's annual growth by 1.3 benefit of the society while problems.

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