When AI is designed as a system, impact travels further. Our report, AI Edge for Viksit Bharat introduces the 3A2I framework that sets out how AI can move from isolated use cases to outcomes that are trusted, inclusive, and built to last. By aligning access, acceptance, and assimilation with implementation and institutionalisation, it offers a practical pathway for scaling AI across India’s most critical sectors. This is how AI reaches the last mile, not as a promise, but as measurable progress