India to Significantly Invest in AI as per Budget 2019, to Boost Digital Development Analytics Insight

The impact of technology like artificial intelligence (AI) in the country can be measured from the influence of digital technologies on the economic elements and GDP which is 8 percent. The percentage is expected to increase to 60 percent in the next two years. Providing the relevant data, Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India said that India has the highest involvement of AI in the workplace. Tech, Media and Entertainment companies hoped for a zoomed focus on disruptive technologies in their pre-budget expectations. During the Budget 2019 presentation speech which was delivered on February 1, 2019, Acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said "In order to take the benefits of artificial intelligence and related technologies to the people, a national programme on AI has been envisaged".