Government sets up Committee to Resolve MeitY and NITI Aayog’s fight over AI

Government sets up Committee to Resolve MeitY and NITI Aayog’s fight over AI

• The government has formed a committee to resolve differences between the NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) over who will implement its ambitious artificial intelligence mission.
• Head: Principal scientific advisor K VijayRaghavan.
• Other members: Secretary in the department of science and technology, CEO of Niti Aayog and Secretary of MeitY.
• Niti Aayog had received clearance from the expenditure finance committee (EFC) for a budget of Rs 7,000 crore, while MeitY had sent a separate Rs 400 crore proposal to the EFC to set up a national AI programme.
• The panel will resolve the overlaps between Niti Aayog’s and Meity’s plans for AI