AAP MP Raghav Chadha highlighted GPU shortage as the main challenge for India’s AI ambitions, not funding or talent. Minister Jitendra Singh assured steps under IndiaAI Mission to improve GPU access and private sector engagement.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha has drawn attention to a significant challenge constraining India’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) ambitions, stating in the Rajya Sabha that the country’s primary bottleneck is the lack of computational resources, particularly Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), rather than funding, talent, or capital.
Raghav Chadha highlighted that the rising global cost of GPUs and disruptions in international supply chains are severely limiting India’s efforts to expand data centers and train advanced AI models. According to him, India currently has around 34,000 GPUs, a figure far below the level required to compete globally in developing cutting-edge AI systems.
Seeking clarification from the government, Raghav Chadha requested details on targets, timelines, and international engagements undertaken to secure a stable supply of these critical computing resources.
Today in Parliament I highlighted GPU shortage as the biggest constraint in India’s AI ambition.
The bottleneck is rising GPU costs & global supply shortage. This could choke India’s data centre expansion and AI advanced model training.
India’s current compute pool has 34,000… pic.twitter.com/3W8ejrOIDN
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 5, 2026
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In response, Minister of State for Science and Technology (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh acknowledged the concern and emphasized that GPUs are central to AI development. He outlined that under the IndiaAI Mission, computing resources have been designated as a dedicated vertical due to their crucial role. The mission provides access to high-end computing services through empanelled providers, offering eligible users up to 40% discounts on compute costs.
For training larger AI models, such as those with 30 billion to 65 billion parameters, access to additional computing resources is being facilitated. Singh further stated that the government has actively opened opportunities for private sector investments to strengthen AI infrastructure. The first call for proposals under this initiative was launched just the previous day to encourage private projects in this domain.
Singh expressed confidence that these combined measures, along with ongoing efforts, would enable India to catch up with global AI standards while maintaining its ambition to achieve leadership in artificial intelligence.
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