New Delhi

A new government initiative aims to strengthen multilingual digital capabilities across India's public procurement ecosystem through the BHASHINI Platform, India's national language Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).

The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) and Government e-Marketplace (GeM) have signed an MoU to promote multilingual access, multilingual governance, and multilingual service delivery across GeM's digital platforms, enabling stakeholders to access information and services in their preferred languages.

"BHASHINI is committed to making digital public infrastructure truly inclusive by enabling citizens and enterprises to interact in their preferred Indian languages. Our collaboration with GeM will help democratise access to public procurement through multilingual and voice-enabled technologies, ensuring that language is no longer a barrier to participation,” said Amitabh Nag, CEO, Digital India BHASHINI Division.

The initiative seeks to advance ‘Voice First’ language technology infrastructure and Generative AI solutions while supporting seamless interaction across 22 officially recognised Indian languages and other Indian languages, according to IT Ministry. GeM and the BHASHINI team will work towards the co-creation, integration, and deployment of multilingual digital public resources through initiatives including BHASHINI Udyat, Mitra, Appmitra, Sahyogi, and Pravakta.