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Digital India BHASHINI

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    10Pointer
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  • Published
    27th May, 2022

Recently, MeitY organised a brainstorming session on Mission Digital India BHASHINI - [BHASHa INterface for India] - the National Language Translation Mission (NLTM).

Context

Recently, MeitY organised a brainstorming session on Mission Digital India BHASHINI - [BHASHa INterface for India] - the National Language Translation Mission (NLTM).

Digital India BHASHINI 

  • It is India’s AI led language translation platform.
  • It will make Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) resources available to MSMEs, Startups and Individual Innovators in the public domain.  
  • It is interoperable and will catalyse the entire Digital Ecosystem. It is a giant step to realise the goal of Digital Government.
  • It will create and nurture an ecosystem involving Central/State government agencies and start-ups, working together to develop and deploy innovative products and services in Indian languages.

Objectives

  • It aims to increase the content in Indian languages on the Internet substantially in the domains of public interest, particularly, governance-and-policy, science & technology, etc. , thus will encourage citizens to use the Internet in their own language.
  • It aims to build a National Public Digital Platform for languages to develop services and products for citizens by leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

Significance

  • Digital Inclusion: It will empower Indian citizens by connecting them to the Digital Initiatives of the country in their own language thereby leading to digital inclusion.
    • It will also encourage participation of start-ups.
  • Digital Government: Mission will create and nurture an ecosystem involving Central/State government agencies and start-ups, working together to develop and deploy innovative products and services in Indian languages.
    • It is a giant step to realize the goal of Digital Government.
  • Increase the Content in Indian Languages: It also aims to increase the content in Indian languages on the Internet substantially in the domains of public interest, particularly, governance-and-policy, science & technology, etc., thus will encourage citizens to use the Internet in their own language.

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