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The India AI Impact Summit “proved to beryllium a turning constituent successful the trajectory of however the satellite volition utilise the powerfulness of AI successful the future”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said connected Sunday (February 22, 2026), adding that planetary leaders were impressed by India’s advancement successful the domain.
In his Mann ki Baat address, Mr. Modi — who met planetary leaders and tech CEOs and showed them India’s innovations — said leaders from galore countries and industries, innovators, and radical from the start-up assemblage came unneurotic astatine the summit.
Eighty-five countries and 3 planetary organisations signed the New Delhi Declaration. “Guided by the rule of ‘Sarvajan Hitaya, Sarvajan Sukhaya’ [Welfare for all, Happiness for all], the Declaration underscores that the benefits of AI indispensable beryllium equitably shared crossed humanity,” the authorities had said astir the declaration.
Mr. Modi said satellite leaders were impressed by 2 exhibits astatine the venue. The archetypal 1 showed however usage of AI helped radical successful the attraction of animals, and however farmers tracked their livestock with 24x7 assistance.
The 2nd merchandise was related to Indian civilization and heritage. Mr. Modi said leaders were amazed astatine however with the assistance of AI, India is preserving past texts, knowledge, manuscripts and adapting them successful accordance with today’s generation. “At the India AI Impact Summit, satellite leaders were impressed by these AI breakthroughs,” helium said.
The AI summit, which ended successful Delhi connected Friday (February 20), attracted 5 lakh footfalls. The Prime Minister said the satellite saw the country’s astonishing capabilities successful AI erstwhile India launched 3 homegrown AI models.
With exertion entering our lives similar ne'er before, Mr. Modi urged radical to stay vigilant against online fiscal fraud and integer arrests. He appealed for implicit KYC compliance saying it is important for the information of an individual’s slope account.
Highlighting the value of organ donation, Mr. Modi noted however 10-month-old Aalin Sherin Abraham from Kerala saved lives adjacent successful death. “Even amid specified profound pain, Aalin’s begetter Arun Abraham and parent Sherin decided to donate Aalin’s organs. This azygous determination reveals the expanse of their reasoning and the magnitude of their personality... Aalin is nary longer with us, but her sanction has joined the ranks of the nation’s youngest organ donors,” helium said.
“Like Aalin from Kerala, determination are galore radical who person fixed a 2nd beingness to idiosyncratic done organ donation. For example, Lakshmi Devi from Delhi,” said Mr. Modi. She traveled to Kedarnath past twelvemonth and trekked 14 km aft a bosom transplant. Similarly, Gaurang Banerjee from West Bengal has been to Nathu La doubly aft a lung transplant. Ramdev Singh of Sikar, Rajasthan, underwent a kidney transplant and is present excelling successful sporting activities.
In the backdrop of the Opposition’s allegations that the India had compromised the interests of farmers during commercialized negotiations with the U.S., Mr. Modi said farmers were not conscionable nutrient providers, but existent “devotees” of the earth. He highlighted however farmers are blending contented with exertion and cited the illustration of Hirod Patel successful Odisha who has installed a mesh implicit a pond and is increasing vegetables connected it. He said successful Kerala’s Thrissur, 570 varieties of atom are grown successful a azygous field.
“Today, India has go the world’s largest atom producer... cultivation products are present reaching overseas countries much easy by air. Nanjangud bananas from Karnataka, Mysuru betel leaves, and Indi lemons were exported to the Maldives,” helium said.
The Prime Minister besides addressed students who are appearing for examinations and greeted radical connected Ramzan and the upcoming Holi festival. He urged them to bargain made-in-India products.
He spoke astir the ongoing T20 World Cup and said galore players of Indian root were representing countries specified arsenic Canada, United States, Oman, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, and Italy. “Wherever Indians go, they stay connected to the roots of their motherland and lend to the improvement of their karambhoomi, the state they unrecorded and enactment in,” helium said.
