India, March 5 -- Amid India's race against top global forces operating in the artificial intelligence sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will set up a national large language model (LLM) for AI research and also asked stakeholders for investments in the area.

Besides, he also said that the government has allocated INR 500 Cr to boost AI-driven education and research in the country.

PM Modi was virtually addressing a post-Budget webinar.

This also comes at a time when the Centre is giving a huge push to the development of AI models in the country through its IndiaAI mission.

In January, union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India is planning to build its own domestic large language model as part of the INR 10...