BHASHINI Initiative

News: The Union Minister of Labour and Employment has launched the Bhashini enabled e-shram portal in all 22 scheduled languages to benefit unorganised workers. 

About Bhashini Initiative 

• It is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven tool that aims to transcend language barriers by ensuring that every citizen has access to digital services in their own language.  
• It provides technology translation services in 22 scheduled Indian languages. 
• The initiative was launched in July 2022 under the National Language Technology Mission. 
• It has been developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. 
• Salient Features: 
  • Development of a national digital public platform for language to provide universal access to content. 
  • Make Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) resources available in the public domain to be used by Indian MSMEs, startups and individual innovators. 
  • Promotes citizen engagement to build multilingual datasets through a crowd sourcing initiative called Bhasha Daan. 
    • People can contribute to Bhashadaan through Suno India, Likho India, Bolo India, Dekho India.