# Chhattisgarh approves ₹500 crore AI Mission for startups and services 2026-08-06T04:20:46+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Chhattisgarh Cabinet has approved ₹500 crore for a five-year Artificial Intelligence Mission. The programme aims to promote digital governance, skills and innovation. It will establish 100 AI Data Labs, create five Centres of Excellence, support more than 300 AI startups, train six lakh students and 1.5 lakh government employees, and develop over 50 AI-powered government services. The cabinet also approved concessional land for Bharat Earth Movers Limited to build a heavy earth-moving equipment plant. It cleared the first phase of a works and accounts information system for the Public Works Department and amended rural road scheme rules, including removal of a previous MGNREGA earthwork requirement. ## Coverage - www.hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: src-rss Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/chhattisgarh-approves-rs500-crore-ai-mission-for-startups-and-services/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/chhattisgarh-approves-rs500-crore-ai-mission-for-startups-and-services/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/