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‘India Should Be Among Top 3 AI Superpowers Globally’: PM Modi Expects AI to Push IT Industry to $400B by 2030

PM Modi presented a vision for AI as a tool for inclusive growth, with India aiming to be a top AI superpower and IT sector potentially reaching $400 billion by 2030.

  • At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Modi told ANI that AI now stands at a 'civilisational inflection point' and outlined India's national AI agenda, emphasizing the summit's significance.
  • Institutionally, India has created the IndiaAI Mission to build a domestic AI ecosystem and has implemented regulatory measures including watermarking and stronger data protection.
  • Illustrating impact, organisers pointed to AI in health and education, such as real-time Gujarati guidance reaching 3.6 million women dairy farmers and AI's role in transforming India’s IT sector to $400 billion by 2030.
  • Modi said India aims to be among the top three AI superpowers by creating AI, with AI-powered public services becoming global benchmarks and benefits reaching farmers, students, and MSMEs.
  • India is expanding compute and skilling through 20,000 additional GPUs beyond 38,000, with likely investments exceeding USD 200 billion, including USD 90 billion already committed, supported by budget and skilling measures.
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AI Impact Summit 2026: The AI Impact Summit 2026 was attended by many ministers of the country, top technology leaders from around the world, and industry stakeholders.

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Transcontinental Times broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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