India’s AI Push Must Focus on Workforce Readiness, Broad Adoption, and Federal Coordination: Economic Group

मुख्य बातें
- •India’s AI competitiveness depends on workforce readiness, federal coordination, and real-economy adoption, not just infrastructure or regulation.
- •The economic group calls for upskilling and reskilling initiatives to prepare workers across tech and non-tech sectors for AI-driven job markets.
- •Strong federal coordination is needed to ensure consistent AI governance policies across India’s diverse states and avoid fragmentation.
- •AI adoption must expand beyond large firms to SMEs, agriculture, healthcare, and education through incentives, awareness, and accessible tools.
- •Five governance suggestions proposed include strengthening digital public infrastructure, forming sector-specific AI task forces, and investing in STEM education.
India’s economic future is increasingly tied to its ability to harness artificial intelligence (AI), but long-term competitiveness will hinge not just on computing power or regulations, but on a broader transformation of the workforce, robust federal coordination, and the widespread integration of AI across the real economy, according to a leading economic policy group.



