The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology’s in its 27th Report (2025-26) highlighted -
India’s Global Position in AI sector:
- Rankings: 10th in the Tortoise Global AI Index and 4th place in the Stanford AI Index.
- Skill Penetration: India ranks 1st globally in AI skill penetration.
- Workforce Evolution: AI is projected to add 47 lakh tech jobs by 2027 and transform 38 million existing roles by 2030.
- Digital Infrastructure: India highest internet users globally (900+ million) and holds the 1st rank in AI scientific publications and ICT services exports.
Challenges in AI adoption in India
- Barriers to Scaling AI: India faces three fundamental bottlenecks
- Lack of high-performance computing infrastructure,
- Limited access to clean and quality datasets,
- Shortage of grassroots-level technical skills.
- Sector-Specific Adoption Challenges: E.g. AI adoption in agriculture remains critically low due to high initial costs, lack of high-speed rural internet, lack of tools in local dialects and the "black box" nature of AI advice causing a lack of trust among farmers.
- Cybersecurity: Weaponization of AI to generate deepfakes, Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM), operating "mule accounts" for financial crimes, etc.
- Risks in Defence: Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) and AI-based deductive reasoning pose significant risks of unintended lethal outcomes.
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