The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has launched CAG-BHASHINI Anuvaad, an AI-powered document translation solution developed by the Digital India BHASHINI Division to translate official CAG documents and audit-related reports across Indian languages.
The solution was launched on September 30 during the closing ceremony of Hindi Pakhwada 2026 at the CAG headquarters in Delhi. The initiative brings BHASHINI's multilingual Language AI capabilities into the CAG’s institutional translation workflows, with a focus on contextual translation, consistent terminology and output quality.
The platform has also been designed around institutional requirements including controlled access, security and data sovereignty, while keeping human oversight within the translation process.
CAG-BHASHINI Anuvaad is intended to support the translation of official and audit-related documents rather than operate as a standalone consumer translation tool. The system is being customised to meet the CAG's language and terminology requirements.
The move builds on an earlier collaboration between the CAG and the Digital India BHASHINI Division. In November 2025, the two organisations signed an MoU to deploy BHASHINI across more than 200 CAG offices for multilingual and multimodal communication, including translating reports, surveys, and evidence, as well as vetting translated and transcribed communications.
The latest launch takes that collaboration further by introducing a dedicated translation environment for CAG documents.
The initiative aims to make audit findings and official information available to a wider audience across Indian languages.
CAG officials said using language AI could reduce linguistic barriers while retaining institutional review and oversight.
“The fusion of artificial intelligence and communication has the potential to overcome linguistic barriers across geographies. By integrating language technology into our institutional processes, we can make communication more accessible, timely and effective, while strengthening the use of Indian languages in governance and official work,” Nilotpal Goswami, Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Rajbhasha), said. “The CAG-BHASHINI initiative is an important step in bringing this convergence of language and technology into practice.”
CAG chief K Sanjay Murthy also highlighted the need to make audit findings and reports accessible to citizens in languages they understand, while supporting the wider use of Hindi and other Indian languages in official work.
Amitabh Nag, CEO of the Digital India BHASHINI Division, highlighted the expansion of BHASHINI from language data and AI models into applications and public-sector use cases.
According to the division, BHASHINI currently supports 36 Indian text languages, 23 Indian voice languages and 35 international languages. Its applications include multilingual agricultural advisory services, voice-enabled grievance registration and conversational services delivered through voice and telephone interfaces.
The CAG deployment adds another institutional use case: integrating multilingual AI directly into preparing and disseminating official documents.
The CAG-BHASHINI collaboration also extended to Hindi Pakhwada 2026, held from September 14 to 29.
Alongside conventional activities such as Hindi noting and drafting, translation and typing competitions, CAG employees participated in language activities and games developed using BHASHINI technology.
The broader collaboration demonstrates how government institutions are beginning to use language AI not only for translation but also for internal language engagement and official workflows.
The CAG-BHASHINI Anuvaad launch therefore marks a shift from using AI as an experimental language tool to embedding multilingual AI within an institutional process where translation accuracy, terminology, security, data control and human review are critical.
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