India Pledges to Train 10 Million Youth in AI Skills Within a Year

In his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Modi announced a national upskilling push aimed at one crore young people over the next twelve months.

India used its Independence Day platform to make a bet on AI talent at national scale. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that one crore — ten million — young people will be trained in AI skills over the next year, as reported by @PIB_India. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting echoed the figure, with @MIB_India framing it as a response to "the expansion of artificial intelligence."

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