Mohandas Pai urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch a national AI mission with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore, warning that India is falling behind in the global AI race. In his comments, Pai links the need for a large domestic push to what he describes as growing restrictions on access to advanced AI models from abroad, including recent curbs associated with Anthropic. He argues that limitations on foreign technology access could slow India’s progress in building AI capabilities, research, and applications. Pai’s proposal calls for a government-backed effort to expand India’s capacity to develop and deploy AI systems rather than relying primarily on external models. The proposal is framed as a way to reduce dependency and ensure India keeps pace with international developments in artificial intelligence. The reports do not cite a specific policy response from the government, but they present Pai’s call for an immediate, scaled initiative as a response to tightening access to leading foreign AI tools.