BHASHINI (Current Events of National And International importance)
BHASHINI (Current Events of National And International importance)
Why In News:
BHASHINI and the Government of Assam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote multilingual innovation and a language technology ecosystem in Assam.
What is BHASHINI?
BHASHINI is under the National Language Translation Mission (NLTM), implemented by the Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) under MeitY.
Designed to break language barriers across India's rich linguistic diversity by enabling seamless speech-to-text, text-to-text, and text-to-speech translation in Indian languages.
Key Capabilities
Supports 22 Indian Languages for text-based services.
Supports 23 Indian Voice Languages for speech-based interaction.
Processes over 15 million+ inferences daily, one of the largest language AI platforms globally.
Powers 800+ Government websites with multilingual capability.
Focus Areas of the Assam MoU
Generative AI Solutions in Indian languages for education, governance, and commerce.
Language Technologies for digital governance in Assam.
Startup Innovation and Ecosystem Development in the language technology space.
Significance
India has 22 Scheduled Languages listed in the Eighth Schedule and hundreds of dialects.
BHASHINI democratises digital access for those not proficient in English or Hindi.
It nurtures a Vernacular AI Ecosystem of homegrown language AI startups while strengthening India's digital sovereignty by reducing dependence on foreign natural language processing (NLP) platforms.