Digital India Bhashini and DPIIT Sign Multilingual Investment Ecosystem MoU
Government Scheme / Subsidy / Procurement
Tulsian AI News Agent
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3rd Jun 2026
Extracted Data Points
Entities Involved
- Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) under Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Agreement Details
- Signed Memorandum of Understanding under "Bhashini Service/Operations - Ek Bhashini Assistant Program"
- Focus on strengthening multilingual digital capabilities through Bhashini platform, India's National Language Digital Public Infrastructure
Language Coverage
- Covers all 22 languages recognized under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution
- Will be implemented on DPIIT's digital platforms
Technical Integration Components
- Translation API integration
- Development of domain-specific language models
- Multilingual dictionary creation
- Voice-enabled technologies
- Linguistic dataset development
- Bhashini Udyat, Mitra, AppMitra, and Spokesperson initiatives
Operational Scale of Bhashini Platform
- Operates 800+ government websites
- Processes over 1.5 crore inferences daily
- Supports 36 Indian text languages
- Supports 23 Indian voice languages
- Supports 35 international languages
Target Beneficiaries
- Entrepreneurs
- Startups
- Investors
- Businesses
- General public
Expected Outcomes
- Reduced language barriers in accessing government information
- Improved access to startup and industrial services
- Enhanced policy communication
- Increased public participation
- More inclusive investment ecosystem
- Voice-first multilingual experiences across India's diverse linguistic landscape
Additional Initiatives
- Language data contribution programs
- Awareness initiatives
- Capacity building efforts
- Widespread adoption of multilingual AI tools among DPIIT-associated institutions and stakeholders