Rooted in present, looking at future

India must continue to engage with problems rooted in legacy and current economic realities while aspiring to ace the future

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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s interview to the Press Trust of India — excerpted in various newspapers, including HT —ahead of the India AI Summit ought to be seen as an important outreach by the highest level of the political leadership of the country.

In hosting the AI Summit, India is making its pitch to be an important stakeholder in what is going to be the biggest technological disruption in the history of capitalism as we know it. Modi’s comment about this Union Budget’s focus on things such as data centres and the need for India to not “be content with digital adoption but also aspire for digital leadership”, is a signal to stakeholders both within and without the country.