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MeitY DEPA draft targets $500 billion AI value by 2030
Business Standard·
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released a draft DEPA for AI Training handbook in Bengaluru on Friday. MeitY Secretary S Krishnan unveiled it at a roundtable. The plan routes AI training through secure data environments with privacy safeguards. The report says it could unlock $500 billion in AI driven GDP value by 2030.
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What It Means For You
- Startups and researchers could train models on siloed public and private data through approved environments.
- MeitY Secretary S Krishnan unveiled the handbook at a roundtable with industry and academic speakers.
- The framework uses differential privacy and machine readable contracts to limit raw data exposure.
What's Happening
- DEPA Training was prepared with the iSPIRT Foundation technology think tank.
- Speakers included Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood and Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan.
- The report warns inaction could concentrate AI gains among large firms and stifle Indian innovation.
Data Empowerment Architecture
- DEPA stands for Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture in the draft title.
- The report describes a Data Deadlock where useful records sit behind separate regulatory walls.
- It links MSME credit gaps to an expert committee estimate cited from Reserve Bank work.
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