Govt reiterates commitment to make India global hub for AI applications

New Delhi, Jul 09, 2026 : The Government has reiterated its commitment to positioning India as the global hub for Artificial Intelligence applications and AI-driven solutions.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Global Capacity Centres (GCCs) Business Summit 2026 in New Delhi today, Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, S Krishnan, said the Government has viewed Artificial Intelligence with a positive and optimistic outlook from the very beginning. He said the focus has been on harnessing AI to enhance productivity, efficiency and effectiveness across a wide range of sectors.

Mr Krishnan said the Government has been working on how India can adopt Artificial Intelligence effectively and contribute to the global AI ecosystem. He added that the vision has been to make India the application and AI-based solution capital of the world.

Addressing the gathering, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government, Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, said that India now hosts around half of the Global Capacity Centres. He said this achievement was not by accident but was driven by the country’s people, because talent is the heart of the matter.