India's Cabinet approved over ₹10,300 crore (~$1.25B) for the IndiaAI Mission, deploying 10,000+ GPUs through public-private partnerships. At the AI Impact Summit 2026, India announced expansion to 20,000 additional GPUs on top of 38,000+ already provisioned. L&T and NVIDIA announced a sovereign AI factory venture. Indigenous models Sarvam, Gnani.ai, and BharatGen unveiled. As of April 2026, 38,000+ GPUs have been onboarded under the IndiaAI Mission, with subsidized access for startups. Plans for further expansion continue under AI Mission 2.0.
Centre Funds 12 Sovereign Foundation Model Projects — BharatGen ₹1,058 Cr
MeitY allocates funding to 12 organizations to develop indigenous foundation models under IndiaAI Mission. BharatGen (IIT Bombay-led consortium) receives ₹1,058.52 crore — 4x the next highest allocation. Other recipients include Sarvam AI, Soket AI, Gnani AI, Gan AI, Avataar AI, GenLoop, Zenteiq, Intellihealth, Shodh AI, Fractal Analytics, Tech Mahindra Maker's Lab. BharatGen launches Param2-17B MoE multilingual model trained across all 22 scheduled Indian languages on AIKosh platform.
IndiaAI Compute Portal: 38K GPUs Onboarded, Funding Gap Emerges
IndiaAI Compute Portal onboarded 38,000+ GPUs at subsidized rates with 14 providers empanelled. However, only Rs 400 crore (~$47M) released of Rs 10,000+ crore ($1.2B+) budgeted outlay. Significant funding gap between commitment and disbursement. Compute pillar is primary focus.
IndiaAI Mission expanding GPU pool to 58K+ (20K added to existing 38K allocation). Semiconductor Mission 2.0 announced with 4 plants targeting commercial production in 2026. Government compute track running parallel to private-sector Reliance/Jio/Adani mega-buildout.
G42-Cerebras-MBZUAI-C-DAC 8-Exaflop AI Supercomputer Announced at India AI Impact Summit (BACK-FILL)
Abu Dhabi G42 announces nation-scale 8-exaflop AI supercomputer for India with Cerebras, MBZUAI, and Indias C-DAC. Announcement at India AI Impact Summit 2026 (Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, Feb 16-21). Hosted in India under India-defined governance frameworks, all data within national jurisdiction. Foundational asset under India AI Mission. BACK-FILL: missed in prior diff windows.