India AI Policy 2025: MeitY Secretary on What Happens Next | The Fine Print by FICCI | Ep 2

India AI policy just hit an inflection point. 118 countries. A landmark Delhi Declaration. $200 billion in investment commitments. But can India actually deliver?In Episode 2 of The Fine Print — FICCI's podcast on India's most consequential economic and policy decisions — host Ms. Preeti Lobana, Chairperson of FICCI's AI Committee and Country Manager at Google India, sits down with Mr. S. Krishnan, Secretary of MeiTY, to go beyond the announcements. They discussed:What outcomes the government is actually prioritising in the next 2–3 years How AI will transform agriculture and healthcare — and what Bharat Vistar means in practice Whether AI will cost India jobs — and the honest government answer India's GPU costs: now a third of international rates, and why that matters How SMEs and MSMEs can realistically adopt AI The compute backbone, public-private partnerships, and data governance India's role in global AI governance — from the Delhi Declaration to the United Nations What 'Industrial Revolution 5.2' really means for the Global SouthKrishnan closes with the one thing he wants to see emerge from the AI Impact Summit — and it's not what most people expect.