Tech company Google today, on October 3, announced the availability of gold loan facility on Google Pay in its annual event. This is the 10th year of the ‘Google for India’ event. In this event, Gemini AI was also announced to be available in Hindi and 8 other Indian languages. Four big announcements of Google … 1. Now gold loan will also be available on Google Pay: Gold loan will now be available for Google Pay users across the country. For this, Google has partnered with Muthoot Finance. The company has just given information about what will be the process for the loan. Google Pay has also increased its loan limit to Rs 5 lakh. 2. Google’s partnership with Adani Group: Google has partnered with Adani Group and ClearMax to achieve its sustainability goals in India. Under this, a 61.4 MW solar-wind hybrid plant will be installed in Khavda, Gujarat, a 6 MW solar plant in Rajasthan and a 59.4 MW wind plant in Karnataka. Google said that it is expected to add 186 MW of new clean energy generation capacity to the Indian grid by 2026. 3. UPI Circle released in Google Pay: Google has released a new feature UPI Circle in its online payment service Google Pay. A user making payment through UPI Circle can give permission to a person to transact with the required limit from the UPI account. Recently, the government launched the UPI Circle Delegated Payment Service. Till now this feature was available only in the Bhim app. Through this, a maximum transaction of up to 15 thousand can be done in a month. Gemini Live launched in Hindi: Google has launched Gemini Live in Hindi language, which was first introduced in Pixel phone in August this year. Along with this, in the coming weeks, the company will also add support for Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and Urdu languages ??in Gemini Live. AI Literacy for 10 million Indians Google has launched AI Skills House, an educational program with AI courses for students, job seekers, educators, developers, and civil servants. Some of the courses being offered include Introduction to Generative AI, Introduction to Responsible AI, and Introduction to Large Language Models. They will be available for free on YouTube and the Google Cloud Skill Boost platform. The courses are available in English, and will soon be available in 7 Indian languages. AI can unlock economic value of ?33 lakh crore in India Google India MD says India’s AI-fueled leap has the power to unlock economic value of ?33 lakh crore by 2030. This economic value of Indian AI has the power to accelerate an entire generation of Indians. Google releases white paper for AI in India The white paper is titled “AI Opportunity Agenda for India”. It aims to “help fulfill the government’s Bharat AI mission by focusing on three key priorities – investing in innovation infrastructure, building an AI-ready workforce, and promoting inclusive adoption and accessibility.” India moves forward step by step with Google Roma Datta Choubey, Managing Director, Google India, launched the 10th edition of Google for India 2024. She said – Remember the days when booking a train ticket meant waiting in line for hours or paying bills was a day-long task. In the last 20 years, India has moved forward step by step with Google. UPI has revolutionized payments, and orders are being delivered in less than ten minutes.
