About SabhaSaar Initiative:
- It is an AI-enabled voice-to-text meeting summarisation tool.
- It is launched by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
- It has been made available to all States/UTs, and Gram Panchayats are progressively adopting it for routine Gram Sabha and Panchayat meetings.
- The AI model used in SabhaSaar operates on AI and cloud infrastructure provisioned through the India AI Compute Portal under the India AI Mission.
- Features of SabhaSaar Initiative:
- It leverages the power of AI to generate structured minutes of meetings from gram sabha videos and audio recordings.
- It will bring uniformity in minutes of the gram sabha meetings across the country.
- Panchayat officials can use their e-GramSwaraj login credentials to upload video/audio recordings on ‘SabhaSaar’.
- It is built on Bhashini, an AI-powered language translation platform launched by the government to bridge literacy, language, and digital divides.
- The tool generates transcription from a video or audio, translates it into a chosen output language and prepares a summary.
- It enables transcription in all major Indian languages like Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Gujarati, in addition to English.
- Significance: It is ideal for panchayats, administrative bodies, and rural development projects as it streamlines documentation and empowers stakeholders with instant access to meeting insights.
