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Kerala Govt Partners with SAS to Use AI for Social Welfare Delivery
✍️ Business Standard
🗓 13 Aug 2026, 08:33 PM
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The Kerala government has signed a partnership with SAS to deploy artificial intelligence tools aimed at improving the delivery of its social welfare schemes.
The Kerala government has entered into a partnership with SAS, a global analytics firm, to harness artificial intelligence for enhancing the delivery of its social welfare schemes.
Under the agreement, SAS will provide AI-driven analytics and data management solutions that can help the state identify beneficiaries more accurately and streamline benefit distribution.
The collaboration is expected to improve targeting of welfare programmes, reduce administrative overhead, and increase transparency in the use of public funds.
Officials say the initiative will be rolled out in phases, with pilot projects in selected districts before a wider implementation across the state.
Under the agreement, SAS will provide AI-driven analytics and data management solutions that can help the state identify beneficiaries more accurately and streamline benefit distribution.
The collaboration is expected to improve targeting of welfare programmes, reduce administrative overhead, and increase transparency in the use of public funds.
Officials say the initiative will be rolled out in phases, with pilot projects in selected districts before a wider implementation across the state.