Indian NITI Aayog’s new report on AI

September 18, 2025

Abhishek Vij

On Monday, September 15th, NITI Aayog released a new report on the potential of artificial intelligence and internet power. It clearly states that if we utilize it properly for the next decade of production, investment, and agricultural development, our country’s GDP could increase by $500 to $600 billion. NITI Aayog believes that if AI is widely adopted within industries over the coming decade, it will contribute significantly to the global economy, potentially reaching up to $1726 trillion.

This report of the Commission presents a dream of rapid economic growth for a developed India. The Commission’s thinkers believe that if artificial intelligence is made an ally of the technology, science, engineering, and mathematics workforce, it can bring about a significant transformation in India. This power will be so strong that we can achieve 10-15% of the global AI value. This in itself is a very encouraging dream. The use of artificial intelligence also offers the promise that it will create new jobs, with jobs chasing experts rather than young people chasing after them. However, the reality cannot be denied, and this NITI Aayog report also acknowledges that the current bureaucratic structure, dominated by clerical and low-skilled jobs, which constantly generate excuses for tomorrow, will become irrelevant.

Of course, if AI is rapidly deployed in financial services and manufacturing, which are experiencing very low growth in India, it will have a significant impact. GDP growth in these sectors alone could increase by 20 to 25 percent. Manufacturing would also generate an additional productivity of a hundred billion dollars. Take agriculture, for example: we don’t manufacture crop produce. Farmers sell it in the market as is.

If they could incorporate it into the manufacturing process, their bargaining power and earnings would increase significantly. The reason the US is currently raising a hue and cry over crude oil purchases, imposing a 25 percent tariff penalty on India, while we are bearing the burden of a 50 percent tariff, is that we are buying crude oil from Russia and selling it in finished form to European and other third-world countries. Our petroleum companies are benefiting from this. Thus, if manufacturing processes are developed domestically with the help of artificial intelligence, it will be easy for our country to reach a growth rate of 8 percent.

Currently, our country’s growth rate is 5.7 percent. Although we call this the world’s fastest growth rate, it will lead to a GDP of $6.6 trillion in the next ten years. However, the knowledge of this powerful artificial intelligence must be used with great caution, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. She said that while we cannot ban it out of fear, we can ensure its proper use.

We should also maintain tight control over those who misuse it. This will be difficult in a corrupt society, but if we are committed to rebuilding India, we must ensure that artificial intelligence is developed, that our young generation is prepared for it, and that it is protected from the villains who would misuse it. These villains should not exploit their flaws like deepfakes to create selfish truths that benefit themselves, while leaving the average person untouched by their beneficial consequences.