Maharashtra signs MoU with Google for harnessing Artificial Intelligence

The Maharashtra government on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with search engine giant Google to utilize Artificial Intelligence for solutions in sectors like agriculture healthcare and education the PTI reportedThe MoU was signed at the companys office in Pune in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis Sanjay Gupta country head and vice president Google India and state chief secretary Nitin Kareer were present during the MoU signingFew weeks back I met Gupta ji and we had a small talk on how AI is affecting our lives and he informed me that their different centres of excellence are creating different platforms and applications which are not only changing the businesses but the lives of people I told him about the governments plan to set up a centre of excellence in Nagpur Here we both thought that this can be a mutually beneficial partnership Devendra Fadnavis said on this occasion as per the PTI 330pm 822024 Google Office Pune Delighted that the Government of Maharashtra joined hands with GoogleIndia to drive innovative and scalable AIled solutions across key areas of focus agriculture healthcare andhellip pictwittercomRbmejGkdTImdash Devendra Fadnavis Dev_Fadnavis February 8 2024Technology should be used to positively affect governance and power its delivery systems as this can change the peoples lives the Maharashtra deputy CM added the PTI reportedGoogle and the state government will work together on seven areas he said adding that one of them is agricultural sustainabilityToday we are talking about sustainability in every sphere of life but the sustainability issues are much more vital in agriculture Half our worries in government are about agriculture sustainability With climate change issues we have unseasonal rains we have droughts in same year It has become a localised phenomena that we need more predictability and sustainability in the field of agriculture Devendra Fadnavis said the news agency reported on ThursdayWith the platforms and applications that Google is going to create sustainability and predictability can be brought in agriculture and agricultural distress can be reduced he addedIn the field of startups the collaboration will bring Pune on the global map With the startup ecosystem increasing a lot of technology startups are coming upA lot of startups are working in the field of agriculture and they are changing the lives of farmers Devendra Fadnavis saidThe government will also collaborate with Google for taking healthcare to the last man of society he further saidWe can create infrastructure but the issue is with human resources I do not blame the doctors but trained doctors have ample opportunities in cities and they are not ready to go to the interior places and it is the technology which can bridge the gap With AI we can take the quality healthcare to the last man of the society and apply it he saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi created a technologybased delivery system and now government schemes are reaching the last person in society and 25 crore people have been brought above the poverty line Devendra Fadnavis said adding that AI applications will help create an ecosystemA release from the company said the Maharashtra government will be able to leverage Googles AI expertise to unlock new possibilities in land record management disease detection urban environment resilience and AI upskilling among otherswith PTI inputs