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NITI Aayog and ABB India have signed a pact to help the country derive the benefits of latest technologies including robotics and artificial intelligence.
The Statement of Intent to work together to realise the ambitious make in India vision of the government was signed yesterday in the presence of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
According to agreement, NITI Aayog and ABB will work with government ministries, solicit feedback for areas critical to them and discuss solutions using industrial automation, and digitalization technologies.
The initiative also covers the fast growing segment of electric mobility. Mr Kant said, this collaboration is meant to lead to actionable insights and focused plans that will help India become a centre for advanced manufacturing.
Based on the interactions with ABB India, NITI Aayog will also make recommendations to government ministries for guidelines and policies regarding development and adoption of Artificial Intelligence technology in sectors such as power and water utilities, manufacturing, eMobility and infrastructure, with industrial automation and digitalization as the backbone.
The first workshop for senior government officials under this collaboration would be organised in June in Bengaluru. Given the importance of the Indian food processing sector, the workshop will focus on digital and automation technologies for this sector.