Context
Recently, MeitY organised a brainstorming session on Mission Digital India BHASHINI - [BHASHa INterface for India] - the National Language Translation Mission (NLTM).
Digital India BHASHINI
- It is India’s AI led language translation platform.
- It will make Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) resources available to MSMEs, Startups and Individual Innovators in the public domain.
- It is interoperable and will catalyse the entire Digital Ecosystem. It is a giant step to realise the goal of Digital Government.
- It will create and nurture an ecosystem involving Central/State government agencies and start-ups, working together to develop and deploy innovative products and services in Indian languages.
Objectives
- It aims to increase the content in Indian languages on the Internet substantially in the domains of public interest, particularly, governance-and-policy, science & technology, etc. , thus will encourage citizens to use the Internet in their own language.
- It aims to build a National Public Digital Platform for languages to develop services and products for citizens by leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Significance
- Digital Inclusion: It will empower Indian citizens by connecting them to the Digital Initiatives of the country in their own language thereby leading to digital inclusion.
- It will also encourage participation of start-ups.
- Digital Government: Mission will create and nurture an ecosystem involving Central/State government agencies and start-ups, working together to develop and deploy innovative products and services in Indian languages.
- It is a giant step to realize the goal of Digital Government.
- Increase the Content in Indian Languages: It also aims to increase the content in Indian languages on the Internet substantially in the domains of public interest, particularly, governance-and-policy, science & technology, etc., thus will encourage citizens to use the Internet in their own language.
