PIB backgrounder: AI platforms such as Bhashini digitise all 22 scheduled languages
A PIB backgrounder on 25 October 2025 described how AI platforms like Bhashini, BharatGen and Adi-Vaani are bringing India's 22 scheduled languages and tribal languages online.
Summary
On 25 October 2025, PIB published a backgrounder titled '22 Languages, Digitally Reimagined' on government efforts to build India's language diversity into digital services. It said Bhashini, under the National Language Translation Mission, offers real-time translation for the 22 scheduled languages and tribal languages, including Sansad Bhashini for parliamentary debates. Adi-Vaani is described as India's first AI-driven platform for translating and preserving tribal languages. Sanchika, the digital repository of the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), and data from the Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages (SPPEL) are used to train AI models. AICTE's Anuvadini app translates textbooks, which are hosted on the e-KUMBH portal.
Key facts
- Scheduled languages
- 22
- Bhashini
- Under National Language Translation Mission; includes Sansad Bhashini
- Adi-Vaani
- India's first AI platform for tribal languages
- Sanchika
- CIIL's digital language repository
- SPPEL
- Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages
- Education
- AICTE Anuvadini app; e-KUMBH portal
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Bhashini, the AI platform for real-time translation across India's 22 scheduled languages, operates under which mission?
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Correct answer: A — National Language Translation Mission
PIB backgrounder: Bhashini, under the National Language Translation Mission (NLTM), enables real-time translation for the 22 Scheduled Languages and tribal languages.
'Sanchika', a digital repository of dictionaries, primers and storybooks for scheduled and tribal languages, belongs to which institution?
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Correct answer: D — Central Institute of Indian Languages
PIB backgrounder: Sanchika is CIIL's (Central Institute of Indian Languages) digital repository, used for AI model training and machine translation.