India, April 8 -- IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has reportedly said that the evaluation of AI Large Language Model (LLM) applications is in the final leg and soon the government will shortlist entities that will secure funding under the INR 10,037 Cr IndiaAI Mission.

As per news agency PTI, Vaishnaw said, "The evaluation of the AI LLM applications is in its final stage. Within the next few weeks, we should be able to award the first few LLM model teams, who will then start getting the funding under the AI mission."

The minister's comment comes days after electronics and information technology ministry (MeitY) additional secretary Abhishek Singh reportedly said that the Centre is planning to finalise the "first set" of proposals for build...