New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Parliamentary Affairs L. Murugan told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that 33 out of the 37 State/UT Legislatures have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for the implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA). Replying to a question, Murugan said, “Out of these, 21 Legislative Houses have been transformed into digital Legislatures under the NeVA project.”The Minister of State said that the digitalisation of the two Houses of P…
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New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) As the Digital India programme completes 11 years, the government’s eSaras platform is expanding digital market access for more than 8.99 crore registered Self-Help Group (SHG) members by enabling rural producers, women entrepreneurs and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to sell their products across the country through a trusted online marketplace, according to an official statement on Saturday.Developed by the Digital India Corporation (DIC) under the Ministry of E…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) India is shifting from foundational digitisation toward more integrated, accessible and AI‑ready citizen services, with a Digital Government Index score of 58.2, a report said on Friday.The report from US tech giant Adobe said that India’s digital government journey entered a new phase. where focus expanded beyond digitising services, to making them more intuitive, accessible and AI-ready.“By improving discoverability, personalisation and content quality, ministries…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) India is emerging as a distinctive sovereign AI market, where regulation, innovation and national digital public infrastructure are closely linked, and 96 per cent of policymakers are advancing a strategy in this field, a report said on Tuesday.The report from Dell Technologies said 97.7 per cent of government leaders expressed confidence in agentic AI as an adoption accelerator, with 44.4 per cent believing it will play a major role well above the Asia Pacific average …
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) BHASHINI’s open Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) model has the potential to transform digital access for millions of citizens across South Asia, Amitabh Nag, CEO, Digital India BHASHINI Division, has said.The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) under IT Ministry, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kathmandu University’s Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence (DPI-AI), Nepal, to establish a collaborative framework for a…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Wednesday said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is empowering governments to serve citizens better and had become an enabler for building a Viksit Bharat that is inclusive, efficient and future‑ready.Radhakrishna described AI as giving governments “a new superpower” at the 5th Dr. Rajendra Prasad Annual Memorial Lecture on the theme “AI for Good Governance” at the 72nd Founders’ Day of the Indian Institute of Public Adminis…
Gandhinagar, March 23 (IANS) The e-Nagar portal recorded more than 18 lakh transactions in 2025-26, generating revenue of Rs 1,031 crore, reflecting the expanding use of a unified digital platform for urban civic services in Gujarat, a government statement said on Monday.Officials said the portal, developed under the Gujarat Urban Development Mission, has facilitated over 1.24 crore transactions, with cumulative revenue exceeding Rs 6,076 crore, indicating sustained adoption by citizens across u…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving into a foundational pillar of rural transformation in India, serving as integrated public infrastructure and driving inclusive development, an official document government said on Monday.Through a combination of strategic vision, governance safeguards, digital public infrastructure, multilingual platforms, and sectoral integration across agriculture, healthcare, education, skilling, and local governance, AI is being institutionali…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) As India moves decisively toward a voice-first digital ecosystem, it is imperative that we build this transition on strong policy foundations and practical implementation frameworks, Amitabh Nag, CEO, Digital India BHASHINI Division, has said.Voice technologies are becoming foundational to digital inclusion in India and against this backdrop, a new Policy Report and Developers’ Toolkit on voice technologies was launched at the ‘India AI Summit Expo 2026’ here.”The …
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Demand for artificial intelligence (AI), for both consumers and enterprises, is inevitable at population scale, just as seen with mobile data and unified payments interface (UPI), according to Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, CEO and MD, Yotta Data Services.Yotta Data Services has announced to deploy 20,736 liquid-cooled NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, forming one of Asia’s largest AI superclusters. This represents an investment exceeding $2 billion and is expected to go live by …