MeitY to review India AI Mission status this week
government is likely to review the progress of the Rs 10,372-crore India AI Mission this week to thrash out the various details of the ambitious programme, a senior government official told ET.
The meeting will focus on aspects such as the quantum of the viability gap funding necessary to set up enough compute infrastructure in the country, how AI (artificial intelligence) skill gap can be covered, and the implementation of the IndiaAI Datasets Platform planned to be set up under the scheme, the official said.
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The meeting is likely to be headed by union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
In March, the government had approved Rs 10,372 crore to be spent over the next five years on setting up compute capacity of up to 10,000 graphic processing units (GPUs), developing AI applications in critical sectors, and working on addressing problems raised by central and state government as well as other government-run institutions.
Among the seven pillars of the IndiaAI Mission, the government also aims to provide streamlined funding support for
