Lok Sabha Question No. 3827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: Launch of BharatGen
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3827 ANSWERED ON 18/12/2024

## LAUNCH OF BHARATGEN

3827.  SMT.  SMITA UDAY WAGH:

Will  the  Minister  of  SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY विज्ञान  और प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the manner in which BharatGen ensure that its generative Al models adequately represent country's diverse linguistic landscape and  what  specific  measures  are  being  taken  to  include  lesserrepresented languages;
- (b) the steps will BharatGen  take to prioritize making  its generative  Al  models  accessible  as  a  public  good,  particularly  for marginalized and under represented communities in the country;
- the manner in which BharatGen contribute to the development of region-specific content, ensuring that local languages and dialects are  effectively  utilized  in  promoting  cultural  identity  and  regional
- (c) development; and
- (d) the  partnerships  or  collaborations  are  being  considered  to enhance the inclusivity of BharatGen's models and ensure equitable technological access across different socio-economic groups in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी तथा पृ थ्िी विज्ञान मंत्रालय क े राज्य मंत्री ( स्ितंत्र प्रभार) ( डॉ . जितेंद्र स ंह )

- (a) BharatGen is a multimodal multilingual large language model initiative,  developing  advanced  generative  AI  models  tailored  to India's linguistic, cultural, and socio-economic diversity. To ensure that  generative  AI  models  adequately  represent  India's  diverse linguistic  landscape,  BharatGen  has  launched  an  initiative  called

'Bharat Data Sagar', focusing on primary data collection. This data collection  attempts  to  meet  the  requirement  that  training  data  is available  for  Indian  languages  that  are  lesser  represented  in  data corpora.

- (b) BharatGen is building partnerships with research groups across the country, to ensure that the generative AI models being developed can  be  extended  by  partners  and  made  available  to  the  larger research and non-academic community for further development and usage. BharatGen is also developing partnerships with the government, industry and start-ups for applications geared towards efficient  administration and public  at large, including marginalized and underrepresented communities in the country.
- (c) In order to promote cultural identity and regional development, BharatGen  provides  technologies  and  tools  that  will  support  the development  of  region-specific  content  by  seamlessly  translating across local languages and dialects.
- (d) BharatGen includes a consortium of top AI researchers across premier academic institutions in India that include IIT Bombay, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Mandi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, IIM Indore, and IIT Madras. These research groups are partnering with the government, industry  and  startups  to  develop  models,  keeping  in  mind  the linguistic and cultural diversity of India and inclusivity for citizens and to ensure equitable technological access across different socioeconomic groups in the country.

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