**Executive Summary**
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) and the National Health Authority (NHA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 19, 2026, during the Chintan Shivir – National Review of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The MoU aims to enable multilingual translation services and AI-powered language support across NHA’s digital health platforms. This collaboration seeks to integrate BHASHINI's language technologies into beneficiary-facing and administrative applications.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **MoU Overview**
* MoU signed between Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) and National Health Authority (NHA).
* Purpose: To enable multilingual translation services and AI-powered language support for NHA's digital health platforms.
* Includes integration of BHASHINI's language technologies (translation APIs, speech recognition, text-to-speech tools).
* **Goals and Objectives**
* Advance digital health through AI-driven innovation and inclusive language access.
* Ensure digital health platforms are usable, accessible, and effective across linguistic and geographic boundaries.
* Strengthen last-mile service delivery and enhance citizen engagement.
* Support multilingual and voice-enabled solutions for beneficiary-facing and administrative platforms.
* Focus on responsible data governance, secure system integration, and continuous improvement of language models.
* **Benefits and Expected Outcomes**
* AI tools (voice-to-text and natural language processing) to address time constraints faced by doctors.
* Enable seamless patient-doctor interactions.
* Allow for the automatic creation of electronic health records.
* Improve efficiency and strengthen digital health systems.
* Enhance citizen engagement, grievance redressal mechanisms, clinical documentation, and overall accessibility.
* Support seamless parent-doctor interactions by enabling electronic health records to be created automatically.
* Aligns with Government of India's vision of integrating Indian languages into digital public infrastructure.
**Impact Analysis**
**National Health Authority (NHA)**
* **Impact:** Will be supported by the Digital India BHASHINI Division in deploying multilingual and voice-enabled solutions.
* **Action Required:** Integrate BHASHINI's language technologies into their digital health platforms.
**Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD)**
* **Impact:** Will provide language technologies and support for NHA's digital health initiatives.
* **Action Required:** Provide the necessary APIs, tools, and language models for integration into NHA's systems.
**Healthcare Providers (Doctors, Hospitals, Clinics)**
* **Impact:** Will benefit from AI-enabled tools that reduce time constraints and improve patient interactions.
* **Action Required:** Adapt to and utilize the new AI-powered tools and language support in their practice.
**Citizens (Patients)**
* **Impact:** Will have better access to healthcare services through multilingual and voice-enabled platforms.
* **Action Required:** Utilize the new digital health platforms and provide feedback for continuous improvement.
Key Entities Referenced
National Health Authority: Primary regulator and implementer of national health initiatives, a key party in the MoU.
Digital India BHASHINI Division: Division within MeitY focused on promoting language accessibility through AI, a key party in the MoU.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU): Agreement between the National Health Authority and Digital India BHASHINI Division to integrate language technologies into health platforms.
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM): National mission to create an integrated digital health infrastructure.
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY): National health insurance scheme within the Ayushman Bharat program.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between Digital India BHASHINI Division and
National Health Authority
प्रव तथ: 19 JAN 2026 6:46PM by PIB Delhi
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MeitY), participated in the Chintan Shivir – National Review of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri
Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), held on 19
January 2026 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The review meeting was organised by the National Health
Authority (NHA) and brought together senior officials from the Union and State Governments, technical
institutions, and implementing agencies to review progress and accelerate the adoption of digital health
initiatives across the country.
The deliberations were aligned with the national objective of advancing digital health through AI-driven
innovation and inclusive language access, with a focus on ensuring that digital health platforms are
usable, accessible, and effective across linguistic and geographic boundaries.
A key highlight of Day 1 of the event was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between the National Health Authority and the Digital India BHASHINI Division to enable
multilingual translation services and AI-powered language support across NHA’s digital health
platforms, including AB PM-JAY and ABDM.
The MoU was exchanged during the inaugural session in the presence of senior leadership from the
Government of Odisha, the National Health Authority, and partner institutions. The collaboration will
integrate BHASHINI’s language technologies, including translation APIs, speech recognition, and
text-to-speech tools, into beneficiary-facing and administrative applications, thereby strengthening last-
mile service delivery and enhancing citizen engagement.
The National Review meeting commenced with a welcome address by the Secretary, Health, Government
of Odisha, followed by opening remarks by the Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority. The
inaugural session was graced by Shri Mukesh Mahaling, Minister for Health, Government of Odisha, as
the Chief Guest. The occasion also witnessed the launch of the Health Benefit Package Manual and a
compendium of Best Practices under AB PM-JAY, along with the exchange of MoUs with partner
institutions.
Shri Amitabh Nag, CEO, Digital India BHASHINI Division, participated in the MoU signing and
delivered a presentation on “Advancing Digital Health with AI Innovation and Inclusive Language
Access.” He highlighted that as digital health systems scale across the country, the adoption of artificial
intelligence becomes a natural progression. He emphasized that for AI to deliver meaningful public value
in a linguistically diverse country like India, it must be multilingual and voice-enabled, ensuring that
language does not become a barrier to accessing healthcare services. He further noted that language AI can
significantly enhance citizen engagement, grievance redressal mechanisms, clinical documentation,
and the overall accessibility of digital public health platforms.During the Chintan Shivir deliberations, Shri Kiran Gopal Vaska, Joint Secretary, ABDM, highlighted the
practical benefits of language AI in healthcare delivery. He noted that AI-enabled tools such as voice-to-
text and natural language processing can help address the time constraints faced by doctors by enabling
seamless patient–doctor interactions while allowing electronic health records to be created
automatically, thereby improving efficiency and strengthening digital health systems.
Through this partnership, the Digital India BHASHINI Division will support the National Health
Authority in deploying multilingual and voice-enabled solutions across beneficiary-facing and
administrative platforms, with provisions for responsible data governance, secure system integration,
and continuous improvement of language models through real-world usage and feedback.
The MoU aligns with the Government of India’s broader vision of integrating Indian languages into
India’s Digital Public Infrastructure and advancing citizen-centric, AI-enabled governance in the
health sector.
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