News: NITI Aayog launched two transformative initiatives recently under its Frontier Tech Hub: AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap: Opportunity for Accelerated Economic Growth and NITI Frontier Tech Repository.
About AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap
- Launched by: NITI Aayog
- Aim: To accelerate India’s transformation to Viksit Bharat by 2047 by leveraging frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI).
- Objective: To provide a practical action plan to translate AI’s promise into real-world outcomes for economic growth and innovation.
- Key Features:
- Accelerating AI adoption across industries to enhance productivity and efficiency.
- Transforming R&D with Generative AI to help India leapfrog into innovation-driven opportunities.
- Sector-specific Action Plan to ensure measurable impact at the national and local level.
- It emphasis on AI-assisted technologies in all districts to drive inclusive development.
About NITI Frontier Tech Repository
- Launched by: NITI Aayog
- Objective: To showcase and scale real-world applications of frontier technologies deployed across India.
- Key Features
- It contains 200+ impact stories across four major sectors — Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, and National Security.
- It highlights successful use cases by states and startups demonstrating technology-led transformation.
- It provides a knowledge-sharing platform for districts and states to adopt and replicate successful models.
- Support Initiatives Announced
- Frontier 50 Initiative: NITI Aayog will support 50 Aspirational Districts/Blocks to pick use cases from the Repository and deploy frontier technologies to accelerate service saturation.
- NITI Frontier Tech Impact Awards: Recognizes three states excelling in technology adoption in governance, education, healthcare, and livelihoods, and supports them to scale transformative outcomes.
Significance of Both Initiatives
- It catalyzes grassroots adoption of advanced technologies.
- It inspires states and districts to scale frontier technology solutions for measurable outcomes.
- It enables India to anticipate and lead future tech disruptions by strengthening supply chains, defining global standards, and forging alliances.
- It promotes an inclusive and collaborative innovation ecosystem to realize the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
