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Panchayati Raj, Bhashini Join Hands for Inclusion

  • 20 Jun 2025

On 19 June 2025, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s Bhashini initiative to promote language accessibility and grassroots empowerment.

  • The MoU focuses on enhancing language accessibility on key digital portals and platforms operated by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
  • By integrating Bhashini’s artificial intelligence-powered language solutions, the collaboration will make public digital services more inclusive for non-Hindi and non-English speaking populations.
  • The partnership will leverage AI-enabled public digital infrastructure to empower Panchayati Raj Institutions, enabling them to deliver services more effectively in local languages.
  • This move is expected to strengthen participatory democracy by enabling greater citizen engagement at the grassroots level, regardless of language.