India's ambitious IndiaAI Mission continues to gain momentum. As of July 2025, the government has onboarded 34,381 GPUs from 14 empanelled service providers, offering them at subsidised rates to make high-end AI computing more accessible.
According to Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the average rate is ₹65 per GPU per hour, with powerful H100 GPUs priced at ₹92/hour&mdash;significantly cheaper than commercial hyperscaler services.
Launched in March 2024, the IndiaAI Mission aims to develop a robust AI ecosystem aligned with national development goals. So far, 30 AI applications addressing climate change, healthcare, agriculture, and assistive tech have been approved under the IndiaAI Application Development Initiative.
The mission also launched AIKosh, a unified platform integrating 890+ datasets, 208 AI models, and 13+ toolkits, helping developers focus on innovation instead of infrastructure.
To boost sovereign capabilities, the IndiaAI Foundation Models initiative supports the creation of Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) trained on Indian data and languages. Startups like Sarvam AI, Soket AI, Gnani AI, and Gan AI have been selected in the first phase.
On the talent front, IndiaAI FutureSkills has awarded 200+ fellowships, onboarded 26 PhD partner institutes, and plans to establish AI labs in Tier 2 &amp; 3 cities.
India ranks among the top global contributors to AI, standing second in GitHub AI projects and earning recognition from Stanford&rsquo;s AI Index.
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Ashwini Vaishnaw with CEO, INDIAai, Abhishek Singh and others during the 'India AI Mission – Make AI in India

India accelerates AI leadership with affordable GPU access and 30+ approved AI application

IndiaAI Onboards 34,000+ GPUs to Boost AI Mission

India accelerates AI leadership with affordable GPU access and 30+ approved AI application

July 24, 2025 | 11:28 IST