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NITI’s “AI for Viksit Bharat” roadmap and Frontier Tech Repository

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: NITI's "AI for Viksit Bharat" roadmap and Frontier Tech Repository (GS3 · AI, 15 September 2025)

What happened

  • NITI Aayog released the AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap with two levers: faster AI adoption across industries and using generative AI to transform R&D [PIB].
  • The Frontier Tech Repository showcases 200+ stories in agriculture, health, education and national security [PIB].

Background

  • NITI CEO linked AI to India’s 8% growth ambition [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Diffusion across firms, not just frontier models, drives productivity.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Science and technology: IT, computers, robotics, indigenisation

  1. As per PIB (2025-09-15): NITI Aayog released the AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap with two levers: faster AI adoption across industries and using generative AI to transform R&D.
  2. Diffusion across firms, not just frontier models, drives productivity.
Quotable data point

The Frontier Tech Repository showcases 200+ stories in agriculture, health, education and national security.

PIB: NITI AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap, 15 Sep 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: NITI Frontier Tech Hub.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Sectors in the Frontier Tech Repository

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: NITI AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap, 15 Sep 2025

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