“India’s AI Moment: Power, Promise, and the People Who Matter Most”, India Narrative, January 04, 2026
“India today stands at a rare inflection point. Artificial Intelligence, once the preserve of elite research labs and global technology firms, is being deliberately positioned as a public-good technology—one that can touch agriculture, healthcare, governance, education, and the informal economy at scale. With over ₹10,300 crore committed to the IndiaAI Mission and a rapid expansion to 38,000 GPUs, the Indian state has made a clear statement: AI is not merely an industrial policy priority, but a nation-building tool.
Yet ambition alone does not guarantee transformation. The real question is whether India can translate computational muscle and startup energy into inclusive, trustworthy, and durable social impact.
The scale of India’s AI push is undeniably impressive. Global rankings now place the country among the top three AI-competitive nations, supported by a vast STEM workforce, a vibrant developer community, and one of the world’s largest startup ecosystems. With AI projected to add $1.7 trillion to India’s economy by 2035, the economic stakes are enormous. But history suggests that technology-led growth often deepens inequality unless inclusion is built into design, governance, and deployment from the start…..”
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