Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley banks on AI, blockchain for digitisation push

Doubles allocation on Digital India programme to Rs 30.73 billion in Budget 2018-19

In an otherwise agriculture- and public health-focused Union Budget 2018-19, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), blockchain technology, internet of things -- jargons that till date have found little or no mention in the previous budgets -- managed to make their presence felt this year, reinforcing the government’s strong resolution to push everything digital.

From classrooms to highways, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech, charted out an elaborate plan to bring in AI and ML in every aspect of next level of country’s development.