(THE GIST OF PIB) Bhashini Platform

(JUNE-2025)

Bhashini Platform

The recent agreement between the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s Bhashini will not only break language barriers but also promote inclusion among states across the country.

About Bhashini Platform:

BHASHINI, or the BHASHa INterface for India, is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered language translation platform developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under its National Language Translation Mission.
It aims to build a National Public Digital Platform for languages to develop services and products for citizens by leveraging the power of AI and other emerging technologies.
It aims to help people translate content into various Indian languages.
BHASHINI also aims to increase the content in Indian languages on the Internet substantially in the domains of public interest, particularly governance and policy, science & technology, etc., thus encouraging citizens to use the Internet in their own language.
It uses cutting-edge AI and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to bridge the language divide, enabling users to access content and services in their preferred language.
It is implemented by Digital India BHASHINI Division, a division under Digital India Corporation, a Section 8 Company of the MeitY.
Bhashini currently supports more than 22 languages, enabling inclusivity for a broad range of linguistic communities.
Since its launch, it has enabled features like text-to-text translation in 22 languages, automated speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, optical character recognition, video translation, document translation, language detection, and voice-based payments, among others.
Bhashini has an app which can be used by people.
It also provides API (application programming interface) integration to startups which want to use Bhashini’s language features on their platforms, such as chatbots, etc.
This online platform also has a separate ‘Bhasadaan’ section, which allows individuals to contribute to multiple crowdsourcing initiatives.
The National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) has collaborated with Bhashini to allow users to make conversational payments through UPI in Indian languages.