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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the Beta Version of “Adi Vaani”, India’s first AI-based translator for tribal languages.

About Adi Vaani:

What is it: India’s first AI-powered translator for tribal languages.
Launch: Released in Beta Version (2025) by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Inception: Developed under Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh to empower tribal communities and safeguard endangered tribal languages.
Created by: A team led by IIT Delhi with BITS Pilani, IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT Nava Raipur, and Tribal Research Institutes.
Impact: Strengthens digital literacy, ensures inclusive governance, preserves cultural identity, and positions India as a global leader in AI for endangered languages.

Translation Modes: Text-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, and Speech-to-Speech.
Languages (Beta): Santali, Bhili, Mundari, and Gondi. Kui and Garo to be added next.
AI Models: Based on NLLB (No Language Left Behind) and IndicTrans2, adapted for low-resource languages.
Community-Driven: Data collected, validated, and iteratively developed by local experts and Tribal Research Institutes.
Toolkit Additions: OCR for digitizing manuscripts, bilingual dictionaries, and curated repositories.

[UPSC 2020] With the present state of development, Artificial Intelligence can effectively do which of the following?

1. Bring down electricity consumption in industrial units 2. Create meaningful short stories and songs

3. Disease diagnosis 4. Text-to-Speech Conversion

5. Wireless transmission of electrical energy

Options: (a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only (b) 1, 3 and 4 only* (c) 2, 4 and 5 only (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5