Context
India is upgrading its national AI capacity under the IndiaAI Mission, expanding infrastructure, funding, and GPU availability to accelerate AI research, startups, and public-sector adoption.
AI Mission 1 (Launched: 2024)
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Key Features (Original Mission):
• Creation of IndiaAI Compute Capacity
• National AI datasets platform
• Skilling programmes in AI
• Promotion of AI startups & innovation
AI Mission 2 — Upgradation
• Increases computing power available to academia + startups.
• Expands sovereign, secure AI data systems.
• Strengthens support for foundational models and sectoral applications (EdTech/HealthTech).
• Moves towards large-scale, affordable, public-purpose AI.
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
• High-performance processors specialised for parallel computation, crucial for training AI models.
