He said that currently, the digital and innovation sectors contribute about 14% to the country’s GDP and the goal is to fuel this contribution to 1/5th (20%) by achieving a trillion-dollar innovation economy by 2027
Chandrasekhar also said that the largest and most impactful deployment of the technology happens in governance
He further pointed out that areas like healthcare, agriculture, and disaster prediction can reflect AI drive large-scale impact
Former union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the advancement in artificial intelligence should be measured by its impact on a country’s gross domestic product (GDP).
Chandrasekhar was speaking at Mumbai Tech Week 2025 today (February 28).
Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to expand India’s digital economy, he said that currently, the digital and innovation sectors contribute about 14% to the country’s GDP and the goal is to fuel this contribution to 1/5th (20%) by achieving a trillion-dollar innovation economy by 2027.
Chandrasekhar also said that the largest and most impactful deployment of technology happens in governance. He further pointed to India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as a proof to how technology can deeply influence governance and democracy.
“The India DPI experience over the last six to seven years has demonstrated how technology and its use cases can create a deep impact in people’s lives, governance, and democracy. I continue to believe that if you extrapolate the India DPI model and add an AI layer to it…..It will be the biggest use case for AI,” Chandrashekhar said on the government-led use case for AI.
He further pointed out that areas like healthcare, agriculture, and disaster prediction can reflect AI drive large-scale impact.
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