New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India has released a White Paper on 'Democratising Access to AI Infrastructure', underscoring the need to make computing power, datasets, and AI model ecosystems broadly accessible, affordable, and inclusive to sustain India's innovation and economic growth.

The paper notes that AI infrastructure-such as high-performance computing, large datasets, and foundational models-is currently concentrated among a few global firms and urban hubs, limiting equitable participation.

For India, democratising access means treating AI infrastructure as a shared national resource that enables innovators across regions to develop local-language tools, assistiv...