9 May 2026
India approves National AI Compute Mission with ₹15,000 cr
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Summary
Cabinet approved National AI Compute Mission with ₹15,000 crore — to deploy 10,000 GPUs (Nvidia H100 + Indian chips) for AI startups, research, and PSUs. Aimed to make India a top-3 AI nation by 2030.
Why it matters
UPSC GS-3 (S&T, AI), SSC GA. Connect with IndiaAI Mission 2024, NITI Aayog AI strategy 2018, foundation models like Bharat-GPT, Hanooman.