Lok Sabha Secretariat and MeitY sign MoU to launch 'Sansad Bhashini' for AI-powered multilingual parliamentary work
The Lok Sabha Secretariat and the Ministry of Electronics and IT signed an MoU on 18 March 2025, in the presence of Speaker Om Birla and Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, to develop 'Sansad Bhashini', in-house AI tools for multilingual parliamentary operations.
Summary
The Lok Sabha Secretariat and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed an MoU on 18 March 2025, in the presence of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, to develop the Sansad AI solution under the 'Sansad Bhashini' initiative. Parliament will provide its data for training and fine-tuning the tools, while Bhashini will contribute translation capabilities and technical expertise. Planned tools include AI translation of legacy debates, agenda and committee papers into regional languages; an AI chatbot on the Parliament website to help members and officials find procedural rules; speech-to-text conversion with live transcription in Indian languages; and speech-to-speech conversion for real-time translation of debates.
Key facts
- Date
- 18 March 2025
- Parties
- Lok Sabha Secretariat and MeitY
- Present
- Speaker Om Birla, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Initiative
- Sansad Bhashini
- Tools
- AI translation, Parliament chatbot, speech-to-text, speech-to-speech
- Roles
- Parliament gives data; Bhashini gives translation tech
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The Lok Sabha Secretariat signed an MoU for 'Sansad Bhashini', an AI initiative for multilingual parliamentary operations, with which ministry on 18 March 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
The MoU for Sansad Bhashini was signed between the Lok Sabha Secretariat and MeitY in the presence of Speaker Om Birla and Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Consider the following statements about the Sansad Bhashini initiative (March 2025): 1. Parliament will provide its data for training and fine-tuning the AI tools. 2. It includes an AI chatbot on the Parliament website to help members find procedural rules. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Parliamentary data from Sansad will be used to train and fine-tune the tools, and an AI-powered chatbot on the Parliament website is one of the key initiatives. Both statements are correct.