No AI Data Centre proposal pending in Dakshina Kannada, ministry says

The question asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to provide details on the progress of the India AI Mission, including indigenous model development, compute infrastructure, and specific measures for adoption in constituencies like Meerut, Shimla, Nabarangpur, Dakshina Kannada, and Jalgaon.

Asked and answered by: Asked by Shri Avimanyu Sethi and Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi; Answered by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw).

What the government said

• 20 indigenous sovereign model proposals identified (12 LLMs, 8 SLMs).
• 93.18 lakh GPU hours sanctioned and 237 projects supported under affordable compute.
• 686 fellowships awarded and over 26.5 lakh individuals completed the YUVA AI for All programme.
• 27 India Data and AI Labs established with work ongoing on 188 additional labs.
• 58 Artificial Intelligence Centres of Excellence (AI-CoEs) approved across States and UTs.
• India AI Governance Guidelines released on 5th November 2025, establishing AIGEG, TPEC, and AISI.
• India-AI Impact Summit 2026 held in New Delhi from 16th–21st February 2026 with participation from over 100 countries.
• Maharashtra assigned 3 AI-CoEs (Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur) and 33 Data and AI Labs sanctioned.
• No proposal for an AI Data Centre in Dakshina Kannada is currently pending with the Mission.
• 13 responsible AI projects selected under the 'Safe & Trusted AI' pillar, including deepfake detection tools.

Also in the document

• The answer explicitly states that no proposal for an AI Data Centre in Dakshina Kannada is pending with the IndiaAI Mission.
• The answer provides specific student registration and certification figures for NIELIT centres in Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) and Bhubaneswar (Odisha) to address the query regarding remote regions.
• The answer notes that AI compute access is location-agnostic and has been accessed by users in the specific constituencies mentioned in the question (Meerut, Hapur, Shimla, Nabarangpur, Dakshina Kannada, Jalgaon).