The Indian government recognizes the economic potential of AI and some public figures have called for a sharper India strategy for AI development. In line with the development of Digital Public Infrastructure such as the India Stack, Aadhaar, UPI, etc., the government can consider developing Gen AI systems as Public Goods. The development of indigenous training data sets (especially for local Indian languages) will be very important. The government may invest in creation of structured and unstructured datasets, which can be opened to the public.
The government could ensure access to critical digital infrastructure (through roll-out of 5G, data center development, access to specialized chips and AI specific compute infrastructure), along with policies that cultivate and attract specialized talent.