Last updated: Mar 25, 2024
Punjab saved ₹60 crore in just 2 districts by spending only ₹4.5 lakh in an AI pilot project[1]
IDENTIFIED DEPARTMENTS - AI would be used include health, education, police, transport, finance and taxation, agriculture, housing, urban planning, energy, social services, environment, disaster management, tourism, and labour[2]
¶ Roads Construction/Repair
Earlier Saved ₹160 crore over repairs of non-existent 540-km roads
- By spending only ₹4.5 lakh in an AI pilot project, saved ₹60 crore in just 2 districts
- In Rupnagar and Nawanshahar, it was found that exorbitant repair estimates were made earlier
- Proposal has been mooted to implement it in every district
¶ Transport Department
- Plans to use in for traffic management and optimisation, intelligent public transit system, autonomous vehicle regulation [2:1]
- One such initiative is Smart Traffic Barricade
- Another one is Accident HiTech Investigation
¶ Revenue Department
- State government is introducing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in GST collection to check bogus billing[3]
¶ Police Department
- The state police force is already making use of facial recognition, an AI augmented tool, to pin down criminals[4]
- The Vigilance Bureau is using a chatbot to register complaints of corruption through a helpline number 95012 00200 [4:1]
- AI-driven dashboards can provide law enforcement agencies with real-time analytics and insights into ongoing operations and events, improving situational awareness[4:2]
- The lab will also help in optimising the deployment of manpower based on real-time data[5]
¶ Services department
- Chatbots to resolve problems in Sewa Kendras for tasks like certificate issuance and grievance resolution in easily identifiable languages like Punjabi[4:3]
- Reduction of paperwork and pre-fed government orders in Punjabi using Large Language Models, enhancing bureaucratic and public services delivery efficiency”[2:2]
- Efficient free food grains services and weed out bogus beneficiaries
¶ Agriculture
- Plans to use AI for crop monitoring and disease prediction, precision agriculture and yield optimisation and weather data analysis for better farming practices[5:1]
¶ Disaster management
- Early warning system for disasters, assessing damage after natural calamities, and monitoring crops for disease detection[5:2]
REFERENCES
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/over-540-km-roads-only-on-paper-revised-estimates-saved-state-rs160-crore-cm-mann-101701199474333.html ↩︎
https://www.businessworld.in/article/Punjab-CM-Recommends-Use-Of-AI-For-Construction-Of-Rural-Roads-/04-07-2023-482890/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.goodreturns.in/news/punjab-receives-rs-3670-crore-gst-compensation-from-centre-gen-1314837.html ↩︎
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-sets-target-to-be-ai-ready-in-delivery-of-services-9-months-8928166/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/punjab-police-to-establish-first-of-its-kind-in-house-ai-and-machine-learning-lab20240124234922/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
