**Executive Summary**
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) and the Government of Madhya Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Madhya Pradesh Regional AI Impact Conference 2026 held in Bhopal on January 15, 2026. The MoU formalizes collaboration to enable multilingual digital governance by integrating BHASHINI’s language technologies across state government platforms. This collaboration aims to improve access to public services in multiple Indian languages.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **MoU Signing:**
* MoU signed between the Government of Madhya Pradesh and Digital India BHASHINI Division.
* The MoU formalizes collaboration for multilingual digital governance.
* **BHASHINI Integration:**
* Integration of BHASHINI’s language technologies, translation APIs, and AI-powered language tools.
* This integration aims to extend AI-led governance across linguistic and regional boundaries.
* **Benefits & Objectives:**
* Enhances accessibility, inclusivity, and last-mile service delivery in Madhya Pradesh's digital governance ecosystem.
* Supports the deployment of voice-first and multilingual AI solutions.
* Aligns with BHASHINI’s national mandate of embedding Indian languages into India’s Digital Public Infrastructure.
* Enables seamless multilingual translation across Indian languages.
* Ensures equitable access to digital services for citizens from diverse linguistic backgrounds.
* **Conference Highlights:**
* Conference focused on inclusive and responsible AI adoption in governance.
* Madhya Pradesh to introduce a State AI Policy in mission mode.
* AI adoption as a continuous journey of improvement.
* Importance of working in open and collaborative ecosystems.
* Data forms the foundation of AI.
* **BHASHINI's Role**
* Enabler of India's AI-led governance vision.
* Ensuring that linguistic diversity strengthens digital inclusion and accelerates technology-driven public service delivery.
**Impact Analysis**
**Government of Madhya Pradesh**
* **Impact:** Enables state governance platforms to operate seamlessly across multiple Indian languages.
* **Action Required:** Implement BHASHINI's technologies across state government digital platforms.
**Citizens of Madhya Pradesh**
* **Impact:** Ensures wider and equitable access to public services in multiple Indian languages, regardless of linguistic background.
* **Action Required:** Utilize the enhanced digital services made available through the BHASHINI integration.
**Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD)**
* **Impact:** Supports the deployment of voice-first and multilingual AI solutions across Madhya Pradesh's digital governance ecosystem
* **Action Required:** Provide support to the Government of Madhya Pradesh on integration of BHASHINI technologies and support deployment of Al solutions.
Key Entities Referenced
Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD): Division under MeitY focused on enabling multilingual digital governance by integrating language technologies and AI.
Madhya Pradesh: State government collaborating with BHASHINI to deploy multilingual AI solutions and integrate them into the state's digital governance ecosystem.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY): The ministry under which BHASHINI division operates, overseeing the promotion of AI and language technology initiatives.
IndiaAI Mission: Mission that collaborates with Department of Science and Technology in Madhya Pradesh, and aims to encourage AI adoption in governance
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU): Formal agreement between Madhya Pradesh and BHASHINI to enable multilingual digital governance.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between Government of Madhya Pradesh and
Digital India BHASHINI Division
प्रव तथ: 15 JAN 2026 6:54PM by PIB Delhi
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MeitY), was invited to the Madhya Pradesh Regional AI Impact Conference 2026, held at, Bhopal.
The conference, organized by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Madhya
Pradesh, in collaboration with the IndiaAI Mission, brought together policymakers, industry leaders,
startups, academia, and central agencies to deliberate on inclusive and responsible AI adoption in
governance.
The conference was inaugurated by Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav, who highlighted the state’s vision of
using artificial intelligence for citizen-centric governance and announced that Madhya Pradesh will soon
introduce a State AI Policy in mission mode. He emphasized the role of multilingual platforms such as
BHASHINI in extending AI-led governance across linguistic and regional boundaries.
A key milestone of the conference was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between the Government of Madhya Pradesh and the Digital India BHASHINI Division, signed in
the presence of the Chief Minister. The MoU formalizes collaboration to enable multilingual digital
governance through the integration of BHASHINI’s language technologies, translation APIs, and AI-
powered language tools across state government digital platforms, ensuring wider access to public
services in multiple Indian languages.
Through this partnership, BHASHINI will support the deployment of voice-first and multilingual AI
solutions across Madhya Pradesh’s digital governance ecosystem, strengthening accessibility, inclusivity,
and last-mile service delivery. The collaboration aligns with BHASHINI’s national mandate of embedding
Indian languages into India’s Digital Public Infrastructure, ensuring that linguistic diversity becomes a
strength in India’s digital transformation journey.
Shri Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, MeitY and CEO, IndiaAI, emphasized the importance of
language datasets in strengthening AI systems and noted that BHASHINI enables seamless multilingual
translation across Indian languages, supporting effective and inclusive delivery of digital government
services.
Shri Sanjay Dubey, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Science & Technology and Department of
Urban Development & Housing, Government of Madhya Pradesh, emphasized that integration with
BHASHINI would enable state governance platforms to operate seamlessly across multiple Indian
languages, ensuring equitable access to digital services for citizens from diverse linguistic backgrounds.
BHASHINI’s role was further highlighted through the participation of Shri Amitabh Nag, CEO, Digital
India BHASHINI Division, in the thematic session on “Technology-Led Governance for All.” During
the discussion, he emphasized that AI adoption is a continuous journey of improvement, driven by real-world usage, feedback, and iterative model enhancement. He highlighted the importance of working in
open and collaborative ecosystems, where AI systems evolve through partnerships with government
stakeholders, industry, and the broader community. He also underlined that data forms the foundation of
AI, and sustained dataset creation is essential for building effective, scalable, and inclusive language AI
systems.
The engagement around BHASHINI reaffirmed its role as a key enabler of India’s AI-led governance
vision, ensuring that linguistic diversity strengthens digital inclusion and accelerates technology-driven
public service delivery.
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