Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledges to train 10 million young Indians in AI skills and outline’s India’s latest plans for energy security and industrial development, signalling a new phase of growth and social reform.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to train 10 million young people in artificial intelligence skills over the next year, placing digital capability at the centre of India’s economic and strategic ambitions. Speaking on the 80th anniversary of independence from the Red Fort in New Delhi, Modi said the programme would help prepare a generation of workers for a fast-changing global technology market.
The announcement comes as India steps up efforts to build a deeper skills pipeline. In 2016, the government approved the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, an earlier national skilling programme designed to train one crore people over several years. More recently, Modi has backed a series of youth-focused measures, including a ₹1 lakh crore employment package and wider vocational reforms, underlining how jobs and training have become a central political priority.
Modi also set out a broader industrial agenda, saying India would push towards 100 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2047 and aim to bring five new reactors online within the current decade. He said three semiconductor plants were already operational and exporting output, with another five to eight planned over the next seven to eight years. The emphasis on chips, nuclear energy and data centres reflects the government’s view that energy security and advanced manufacturing will be key to its long-term growth.
Alongside technology and industry, the prime minister expanded his social and security pitch. He called for a large voluntary civil defence network to meet what he described as modern threats that could target refineries, banks, data centres and factories. He also doubled the target for the Lakhpati Didi programme, which seeks to ensure rural women earn at least ₹1 lakh a year, from 3 crore to 6 crore. According to The Times of India, recent decisions linked to women, farmers and start-ups have also included a larger agriculture infrastructure fund and a new fund of funds for young businesses, signalling a wider push to pair growth policy with social development.
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