Consider the following statements regarding BHASHINI, mentioned in the Vice President's 15 April 2026 lecture at IIPA:\n1. BHASHINI is a national language translation platform of the Government of India.\n2. BHASHINI is administered by the Ministry of External Affairs.\n3. BHASHINI is used to convert parliamentary papers into multiple Indian languages.\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?

Explanation

Statements 1 and 3 are correct because the Vice President's IIPA lecture described AI-powered platforms as tools for overcoming language barriers and said parliamentary papers are now available in multiple Indian languages through AI interfaces; in the same context, he highlighted BHASHINI as India's national AI-powered language platform for inclusive governance and linguistic empowerment. Statement 2 is wrong because BHASHINI is not administered by the Ministry of External Affairs. The cited government technology profile places the National Mission on Natural Language Translation, BHASHINI, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and says it is managed by Digital India Corporation under MeitY. So the valid combination is 1 and 3 only.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) A includes statement 2, but BHASHINI is administered under MeitY, not the Ministry of External Affairs.
• (B) B omits statement 3 even though the Vice President cited parliamentary papers being available in multiple Indian languages through AI interfaces.
• (C) C includes statement 2, which assigns BHASHINI to the wrong ministry, although statement 3 is supported.

Concept

This tests government digital-technology initiatives, especially AI-enabled public-service delivery and language access. RAS often asks such schemes through recent official speeches because they connect governance, inclusion and institutional responsibility.

Source

• Press Information Bureau
• https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/st-visions/national-mission/national-mission-natural-language-translation-bhashini

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