Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ambitious plan to train 10 million Indian youth in artificial intelligence within a year, reinforcing the country’s push for technological independence and a sustainable energy future amid broader economic goals for 2047.
Narendra Modi has set out an ambitious target to train 10 million young people in artificial intelligence over the next year, casting the effort as part of India’s push to become a major technology power. Speaking from the Red Fort in New Delhi during Independence Day celebrations, the prime minister said the country must prepare its youth not just to use AI, but to lead in it. According to Indian reports, the plan sits within a broader economic vision for India to become a fully developed nation by 2047.
The announcement builds on a series of government and industry moves aimed at widening access to AI skills. In January, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella unveiled a $3 billion investment in India and said the company aimed to help train 10 million people in AI skills by 2030. Around the same time, the Indian government highlighted the “YUVA AI for All” initiative, which was designed to make AI literacy more widely available and to reach 10 million citizens, beginning with 1 million learners in the first year.
Modi linked the AI drive to India’s wider industrial strategy, including digital infrastructure, semiconductors, quantum computing and domestically built 6G networks. The government has also been trying to strengthen what it calls technological self-reliance, aiming to reduce dependence on foreign systems while building India into a larger centre for data processing and chip manufacturing. A Cabinet-approved IndiaAI Mission, backed by a budget of 10,371.92 crore rupees, is meant to support that ecosystem through computing access, data quality, startup funding and partnerships across the public and private sectors.
The prime minister also framed the transition as an energy challenge, saying the new era of AI, robotics, space and data centres would require huge amounts of power. He said India is aiming for 100 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2047 while expanding solar generation. More recent government messaging has also widened the AI push into education, including a programme launched in May to train more than 1 million teachers in AI literacy by 2027.
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