By Ojasvi Gupta

The government will provide training on artificial intelligence to over 550,000 village level entrepreneurs who run Common Service Centres for free, Electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. Speaking at the 16th foundation day of the Common Service Centre (CSC), the minister said that he would plan creating a unified integrated service to ease any inconvenience caused to the VLE’s.

“All of you would be given free AI training under the AI mission under which we have targeted upskilling around 1 million. Around 550,000 of VLE would be given preference in this,” Vaishnaw said.

The IndiaAI Mission, with a budget of Rs 10,371.92 crore, aims to drive AI innovation across the country. The mission focuses on building AI computing infrastructure, developing indigenous AI capabilities, attracting AI talent, and financing AI startups.
Common Services Centres (CSCs) are a strategic cornerstone of the Digital India programme, established in 2006 under MeitY.