Digital public infrastructure

India has scale, talent and usage intensity, but AI adoption remains concentrated in a few cities and early enterprise users, says a Z47, OpenAI and Zinnov report.

Modi framed his call within the M.A.N.A.V. principles, arguing that artificial intelligence must remain accountable, sovereign and accessible if it is to serve the global common good.

Study estimates AI could unlock massive value across five foundational sectors, arguing India’s edge lies in disciplined, large-scale deployment rather than frontier model development.

As India looks beyond text-based interfaces, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani argues that voice-driven AI could become the most effective way to deliver digital services at population scale.