India — AI Gap Index — Fix the AI GAP

32%

9/28

AI Gap Index

7/10

Schools

0/8

Workforce

1/6

Governance

1/4

Access

Schools 7/10

D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 2 CBSE AI curriculum from Class 3; SOAR programme adds modular AI training for Classes 6-12 ^{[1], [2]}

D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 2 Compulsory in grades 9-10; the most significant binding national school AI mandate globally ^{[1], [2]}

D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0 No ethics component in the curriculum; critical gap in the world's largest school AI mandate ^{[1], [2]}

D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 1 SOAR includes 45-hour teacher training module; Microsoft Elevate targets 2M teachers by 2030 ^{[1], [2], [3]}

D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 2 Dedicated funding: Union Budget 2026 allocates INR 250 crore for Centres of Excellence in AI and INR 100 crore for AI initiatives in education ^{[1], [2], [3]}

Workforce 0/8

D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0

D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0

D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0

D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0

Civil Service & Governance 1/6

D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 AIGEG inter-ministerial coordination body established; advisory role only, no statutory mandate or enforcement powers. IndiaAI Safety Institute announced.

D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0

D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0

Public Access 1/4

D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 IndiaAI Mission YUVA AI for ALL course on Coursera targets 10M citizens; Microsoft collaboration targeting 500K by end of 2026; Data and AI Labs in Tier 2/3 cities.

D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0

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Regions & states

Subregions inherit supranational obligations from their parent country but may have additional local policy. Scores reflect local policy only.

Region

Schools /10

Workforce /8

Governance /6

Access /4

Total

Index history

April 22, 2026 9/28 Scheduled refresh — all pending leads already covered in prior research; no new distinct items identified within 90-day window

April 21, 2026 9/28 Telangana rolled out AI curriculum for Classes 5-9 reaching ~2M students; state-level initiative — no change to national scores

April 20, 2026 9/28 Dim 13 raised to 1: YUVA AI for ALL targets 10M citizens with free AI literacy course; Microsoft partnership targets 500K. Voluntary and not linked to credentialing.

April 18, 2026 8/28 Filed AIGEG governance body; reinforces dim 10 at 1 (advisory, not regulatory). No score change.

April 17, 2026 8/28 Refresh: no new findings since last research date; existing coverage confirmed current.

April 13, 2026 8/28 Added SOAR education programme and techno-legal framework white paper; no score changes

April 12, 2026 9/28 Dim 5 raised to 2: dedicated budget lines for AI education. Dim 10 raised to 1: advisory governance framework and AI Safety Institute established.

April 8, 2026 6/28 CBSE confirms compulsory AI/CT subject for Class 9 (2027-28) with board exams from 2029; reinforces existing dim 1 and 2 evidence, no score change.

March 18, 2026 6/28 Refresh: India AI Impact Summit 2026 (February 17) confirms IIT Madras CoE established and teacher training MoU signed; no score change — existing dims 4 and 5 already reflect these partially

March 17, 2026 6/28 Governance rescore: dim11 corrected to 0 — previous score reflected school curriculum content (a Schools dimension), not civil servant training

March 17, 2026 7/28 Corrected dimension 4: NISHTHA teacher training is mandated, scored 1 not 0 — training exists but capacity constraints prevent a clean 2

March 17, 2026 6/28 Initial scoring from research archive