Telangana IT and Industries Minister Sridhar Babu today announced that the State government was committed to delivering AI-powered citizen services to one crore people by 2027.
He was speaking after inaugurating a three-day training programme for government officials at the Dr MCR HRD Institute, Jubilee Hills. The event was organised by the Emerging Technologies Wing of the IT Department under the theme "AI-Led Digital Transformation - Champions & Catalysts Programme".
"Our government is not one that reacts after a problem arises. We believe in being proactive, transparent and forward-looking. With the help of AI, we aim to build a Telangana where citizen services reach people even before they ask," the minister said.
He also outlined the government's vision of making Telangana a hub for a $5 billion AI economy and generating thousands of new jobs. To achieve this, initiatives including an AI City, an AI University and a Telangana AI Innovation Hub were being developed to international standards, Babu said.
The minister also said that the State was the first in the country to launch the AI-driven Telangana Data Exchange (TGDeX), which had become a role model for other States. Building on this momentum, the government was working to make over 300 citizen services across 20 departments available through AI-powered platforms, he said.
He added that as part of the initiative, 250 officials from 20 departments had been selected for specialised AI training, and that over the next three months they would be mentored by AI experts to help integrate emerging technologies into governance and service delivery.
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