The Role of AI-Driven Translation in Democratizing Access to Government Schemes (DBT) in Rural India

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10.2991/978-2-38476-547-8_14How to use a DOI?

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Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT); Artificial Intelligence (AI); Rural India

Abstract

The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system in India has become the framework of the welfare structure of the country to provide increased efficiency, reduce leakages, and financial inclusion by direct transfers to the bank accounts of beneficiaries. Although it has a transformational potential, the availability of DBT schemes in rural India is still not uniform because of the enduring barriers, including linguistic diversity, inadequate digital literacy, and infrastructural limitations. Language, specifically, is a highly important but insufficiently studied aspect of exclusion in digital systems of governance. The paper will look at how AI-based translation technologies could be used to overcome the issue of linguistic barriers and democratize access to DBT schemes in rural India. [1].

The research is based on policy reports, scholarly sources, and case-study analysis of the Indian digital governance context to examine how artificial intelligence, through machine translation, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and conversation interfaces, can help promote inclusive communication between the state and rural citizens. The article states that multilingual systems with AI are capable of increasing awareness, understanding, and engagement with welfare programmes, which improves the performance of DBT efforts. Simultaneously, it also looks at issues related to the accuracy and diversity of translation at its core, dialectal variety, algorithmic bias, digital infrastructure, and institutional capacity critically.

The paper finds that AI-based translation implemented in the context of a sound system of governance and ethics can become key to inclusive development and participatory governance. Through alleviating linguistic exclusion, the technologies can play an effective role in offering equal welfare and help India achieve overall development objectives.

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AU  - Vaishnavi Desai Ugale
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DA  - 2026/03/05
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BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Socio Legal Intricacies of Artificial Intelligence (ICSLIAI 2026)
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