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The council granted Acceptance of Necessity to capital acquisitions for all three services, with about 82 per cent of the procurement to come from Indian industry.
The memorandum sets up an umbrella framework for AI projects across the Army, Navy and Air Force, with Sarvam's work carried out by a firewalled defence division.