Top government think-tank NITI Aayog has proposed a national mission to create an ecosystem that will make AI accessible, affordable, and impactful for the 490 million informal workforce to achieve the goal of a developed nation by 2047.

In a shift from AI discussions centred on white-collar job losses, the NITI study ‘AI for Inclusive Societal Development’, developed in partnership with Deloitte , shifts the spotlight to the informal sector, which contributes nearly half of India’s GDP yet remains excluded from formal systems of protection, opportunity, and productivity.

The report argues that frontier technologies like AI, blockchain, robotics, IoT, and immersive learning can transform low-productivity, insecure livelihoods into dignified, high-value opportunities—if deployed inclu

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