In less than 24 months, India AI Mission has Set up a Foundation for Development of AI Ecosystem in the Country
In less than 24 months, India AI Mission has Set up a Foundation for Development of AI Ecosystem in the Country
India’s AI strategy is based on the Prime Minister’s vision to democratize the use of technology. It aims to address India centric challenges, create economic and employment opportunities for all Indians.
IndiaAI Mission:
In March 2024, Government of India launched IndiaAI mission with outlay of Rs 10,372 Cr for development of the overall AI ecosystem in the country. In less than 24 months, India AI Mission has set up a foundation for development of AI ecosystem in the country:
India’s own Foundational Models under the IndiaAI Mission: The IndiaAI Innovation Centre (Foundation Models) pillar aims to develop India’s own large multimodal models trained on Indian datasets and languages to ensure sovereign capability and global competitiveness in generative AI.
The Government has adopted a holistic and sustainability-oriented approach for AI compute infrastructure under the IndiaAI Mission.
The IndiaAI Compute pillar promotes sustainability through a shared national AI compute infrastructure model, which avoids fragmented and duplicative capacity creation and enables optimal utilisation of high-performance compute resources.
The key initiatives taken by the government in this regard are:
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Annexure I
Support extended to the Organizations selected under the IndiaAI Innovation Centre (Foundation Models) Pillar
SNo.
Name of Organization
Compute Support Worth (Cr)
Non-Compute Cost (Cr)
Total Cost (Cr)
1
Sarvam
₹246.72
₹0.00
246.72
2
Gnani
₹177.27
₹0.00
177.27
3
Gan AI
₹88.02
₹22.01
110.03
4
Soket AI
₹162.47
₹14.61
177.08
5
Avataar AI
₹12.88
₹3.22
16.10
6
Bharatgen
₹990.92
₹67.60
1,058.52
7
Fractal
₹137.91
₹0.00
137.91
8
Tech Mahindra
₹2.66
₹0.00
2.66
9
Zenteiq
₹165.19
₹41.30
206.49
10
Genloop
₹2.09
₹0.52
2.61
11
Intellihealth
₹41.50
₹8.00
49.50
12
Shodh AI
₹7.52
₹1.88
9.40
This information was submitted by Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Shri Jitin Prasada in Rajya Sabha on 13.02.2026.