According to Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, India is among the leading global powers in several advanced technologies.
Speaking about India's space sector, Singh noted that providing access to it to private companies has contributed to the rapid growth of this sector.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used to tackle the most persistent development challenges of the country. Although AI is often discussed in the context of chatbots, coding assistants, and workplace productivity enhancement, a quieter transformation is taking place in India.
In India, AI is being implemented to solve serious issues such as assisting farmers in adapting to climate change, supporting teachers in rural classrooms, improving tuberculosis screening, and ensuring the accessibility of public services in various languages.
Government agencies, technology companies, startups, non-profit organizations, and research institutions are collaborating to deploy AI in a way that can reach millions of people, rather than just a small number of users.
Another area seeing rapid innovation adoption is climate resilience. The company SatSure combines AI with satellite imagery data to help banks assess agricultural loans, track climate risks, and evaluate farms.
The company claims that its systems operate in over 70,000 villages, which helps reduce loan underwriting time and improve assessments for farmers who often lack formal credit history.
