IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday (February 18, 2026) said India is focused on practical applications of AI, including enterprise productivity, and solutions for population-scale challenges such as healthcare, agriculture, and climate change.

Speaking at a research symposium at the AI Impact Summit, the Minister also expressed happiness over the strong participation and optimism shown by young people at an AI Expo on Tuesday (February 17, 2026).

“We, in India, are very focused on AI in the edge, AI for use cases, AI for solving real-world problems, AI for improving the productivity in the enterprises, for population-scale problems like healthcare, like agriculture, like climate change. These are things we are focussed on here in India. And the AI submit brings that opportunity,” he said.

– PTI