Tech for governance

India could become a leader in use of AI

The Union minister of state for electronics and information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, at an event organised by this newspaper last week, highlighted how the government was using technology in governance. Technology has helped plug leakages in subsidy programmes, and artificial intelligence (AI) could materially improve efficiency in e-governance. The Union Budget had announced the establishment of three “centres of excellence” for AI. These are to be connected with academia, industry, and start-ups. Working groups have already been set up for designing India dataset platforms, and the centres of excellence. The government is considering a hub-and-spoke network model, which will institute