Mumbai: The state govt aims to attract more than Rs 10,000 crore investment in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030-31 and generate over 1.5 lakh direct and indirect jobs in AI and AI-enabled domains.
The AI policy which was announced in Jan 2025 was approved by the state cabinet recently. “Other key aims and objectives of the policy include skill 2 lakh youth and professionals in AI, data, cloud, and emerging technologies. Enable a minimum of one AI use case per department in Maharashtra or at least 50 AI use cases statewide. Deploy at least 2,000 GPUs, 1,000 in one AI region and the rest across the state in other regions. Establish AI Innovation Cities anchored within 5 Innovation Region. Support 5,000 MSMEs for AI adoption.
Support in establishing at least one AI Unicorn in Maharashtra,” officials said. The policy was rolled out by the department of electronics, information technology and artificial intelligence led by minister Ashish Shelar. Create six AI Centres of Excellence (CoEs), with one CoE in each administrative division of Maharashtra. Set up the Maharashtra Applied AI Accelerator to drive prototypes, pilots, and innovation.
The policy also provides for capacity building for govt officials. “The state shall undertake focused capacity building initiatives for govt officials to enhance institutional readiness for AI adoption, implementation, and governance. Recognising the critical role of public officials in driving demand-side adoption, the state shall design structured AI training programmes tailored to different levels of responsibility and functional roles within govt,” the policy states.