PSA Ajay Kumar Sood releases AI playbooks for agriculture and SMEs and an AI Sandbox white paper
Principal Scientific Adviser Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood released two AI playbooks, for agriculture and for SMEs, and an AI Sandbox white paper under the 'AI for India 2030' initiative led by WEF's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India (PIB, 22 October 2025).
Summary
Principal Scientific Adviser Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood released three publications under the 'AI for India 2030' initiative led by the World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) India, PIB reported on 22 October 2025. They are 'Future Farming in India: AI Playbook for Agriculture', 'Transforming Small Businesses: An AI Playbook for India's SMEs' and 'Shaping the AI Sandbox Ecosystem for the Intelligent Age: White Paper'. Both playbooks are built around the 'IMPACT AI' framework, in which governments enable through policy, industry builds solutions through sandboxes and front-line workers carry tools to users. The initiative works under the guidance of the Office of the PSA and MeitY; MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan was present.
Key facts
- Released by
- PSA Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood
- Initiative
- AI for India 2030 — WEF C4IR India
- Publications
- AI Playbook for Agriculture; AI Playbook for SMEs; AI Sandbox White Paper
- Framework
- IMPACT AI
- Guidance
- Office of PSA and MeitY
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The AI playbooks for agriculture and SMEs released by the Principal Scientific Adviser in October 2025 were brought out under which initiative?
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Correct answer: B — AI for India 2030
PIB: the publications were released under the 'AI for India 2030' initiative led by the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) India, World Economic Forum.
Which framework forms the core of both the 'Future Farming in India' and 'Transforming Small Businesses' AI playbooks released in October 2025?
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Correct answer: D — IMPACT AI
PIB: the IMPACT AI framework is at the core of the agriculture playbook and is also central to the SME playbook.