In September, 2025, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Ministry of Railways (MoR), and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting(MIB) launched 2 initiatives of NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog at the Road to India Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Summit 2026, New Delhi
- The launched two key initiatives are : the ‘AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap’ to accelerate economic growth, and the ‘Frontier Tech Repository’ to showcase impactful frontier technology use cases.
Exam Hints:
- What? Launch of 2 NITI Aayog initiatives
- Which? AI Vikasit Bharath Roadmap and NITI Frontier Tech Repository
- By? Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
- When? During Road to India AI Impact Summit 2026
- Other Initiatives Launched
- Frontier 50 initiative
- Frontier Tech Impact Awards for States
Key Event Highlights:
Key Participants: Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, B.V.R. Subramanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog, Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MoE&IT), Debjani Ghosh, Chief Architect of Frontier Tech Club
Impact Creators: The event saw participation of impact creators like start-up founders and District Magistrates, industry leaders along with district functionaries and government officials connecting virtually from all across India.
About the Roadmap:
Two Levels: The roadmap lays out a practical action plan to translate AI’s promise into outcomes, highlighting two major levers:
- Accelerating adoption of AI across industries to enhance productivity and efficiency;
- Transforming R&D with generative AI to help India leapfrog into innovation-driven opportunities is based on the NITI Aayog report.
About the Frontier Initiatives:
Overview: Complementing the roadmap, the Frontier Tech Repository showcases 200+ impact stories from across India in four sectors – Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, and National Security. It brings to life how states and startups are deploying technology with the purpose to transform livelihoods.
Other initiatives launched:
B.V.R. Subramanyam announced about the launch of two more initiatives and they are:
Frontier 50 Initiative: Wherein NITI Aayog will support 50 Aspirational Districts / Blocks to pick use cases from the Repository and deploy those frontier technologies that have potential to accelerate saturation of services across ADP/ABP themes.
Frontier Tech Impact Awards for States: Recognizing three states excelling in use of tech to improve governance, education, healthcare, livelihood etc., and supporting the measurable, transformative outcomes.
About NITI (National Institute for Transforming India) Aayog:
Vice-Chairman– Suman Bery
Established-2015
Headquarters-New Delhi
