In his 131st Mann Ki Baat address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted AI’s role in dairy farming and preserving ancient manuscripts, while urging citizens to stay alert against digital fraud, financial scams and so-called digital arrest threats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday during the 131st episode of Mann ki Baat program, highlighted various aspects of India’s technological growth specifying the usage of Artificial Intelligence keeping in mind the recent AI Impact Summit wrapped in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted that the AI Summit highlighted how artificial intelligence is being used to improve animal care and help farmers monitor their livestock and dairy operations. He also referred to Bharat-VISTAAR, a multilingual AI-based conversational advisory platform developed specifically to support farmers.
Addressing the nation in his radio programme Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to remain vigilant against digital fraud and stay alert to financial scams and so-called digital arrest threats.
Referring to the AI Impact Summit, PM Modi said two products impressed leaders from around the world – the first was at the Amul booth where it was showcased how AI is helping treat animals and how, with AI assistance, farmers are keeping track of their dairy and livestock 24×7.
“Leaders from around the world were amazed to see how, with the help of AI, the country is preserving ancient knowledge and manuscripts, and adapting them to suit today’s generation,” he said.
Various head of states and big tech mind in artificial intelligence and philanthropists attended the just concluded India AI Impact Summit, 2026.
Amid the growing digital online frauds, PM Modi emphasised that when people receive messages from banks asking them to update KYC or do re-KYC, a question arises in why it should be done again since it was already done.
“My request to you is: please don’t get annoyed. This is only for the security of your own money,” he said, adding KYC is crucial for an individual’s bank account’s safety.
PM Modi noted that numerous players of Indian origin are bringing pride to the countries they represent internationally, which is visible in the T20 World Cup.
“The Canada team has the highest number of players of Indian origin. Team captain Dilpreet Bajwa was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab. Navneet Dhaliwal is from Chandigarh. This list includes many names like Harsh Thaker and Shreyas Movva, who are enhancing the pride of both Canada and India. Many faces in the USA team have come from India’s domestic cricket,” he said.
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