While addressing a post-budget webinar virtually, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will establish an LLM (large language model) for AI (artificial intelligence) research. This statement is made amidst the country’s growing efforts to establish itself as a major player in the global AI landscape.

PM Modi has played a significant role in promoting the advancement of AI research in India. Recently, he co-chaired the Paris AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron where he announced that India is all set to build its own LLM.

He urged global cooperation to leverage AI, aiming for economic progress, societal change, and sustainable development, focussing strongly on unbiased usage of AI data.

PM Modi further added that by 2047, India’s urban population is expected to be about 900 million, requiring planned urbanisation. He said, “We have announced plans to upgrade 1,000 ITI institutes and create five Centres of Excellence. Our aim is to ensure that youth training aligns with industry needs. To provide new opportunities and practical skills, we have launched the PM Internship Scheme. We must ensure that businesses of all sizes actively participate in this scheme.

“In this year’s Budget, we announced 10,000 additional medical seats, with a target of adding 75,000 seats in the medical field over the next five years.”

While highlighting investment in India, PM Modi said, “The vision of investment in people stands on three pillars—Education, Skills, and Healthcare. Today, you can see how India’s education system is undergoing a massive transformation after several decades. Major initiatives such as the National Education Policy, expansion of IITs, integration of technology into the education system, full utilisation of AI, digitisation of textbooks, and making study materials available in 22 Indian languages are all underway.”

“We have decided to allocate Rs 1 trillion to the Urban Challenge Fund… The private sector, especially the real estate industry, must focus on planned urbanisation”, he added.

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