• ¨     Digital India BHASHINI Division and NITI Aayog signed a Statement of Intent in New Delhi on 12 August 2026.

    ¨     The partnership aims to promote multilingual and voice-first Artificial Intelligence (AI) for public governance and government services.

    ¨     The Digital India BHASHINI Division functions under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

    ¨  Under the partnership, BHASHINI language translation APIs and reference applications will be integrated into NITI Aayog’s digital platforms and communication workflows.

    ¨     BHASHINI is India’s national language technology mission aimed at developing digital language services for Indian languages.

    ¨     It provides technologies such as machine translation, Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, and other language-related services.

    ¨     The platform supports multiple Indian languages and aims to make digital public services more accessible.

    ¨     The Statement of Intent was signed by Amitabh Nag, Chief Executive Officer of the Digital India BHASHINI Division, and Shoyabahmed Kalal, Director of NITI Aayog.

    ¨  NITI Aayog is the Government of India’s leading policy think tank, working on policy planning, innovation, and governance-related initiatives.