Empowering India's Digital Future through Artificial Intelligence in Geography

The convergence of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), high-resolution Earth observation (EO) systems, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has established a new paradigm: Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI). In the context of India's rapid digital transformation, GeoAI serves as a core technology driving sustainable urbanization, precision agriculture, disaster risk reduction, and multi-modal logistics planning. Anchored by strategic national frameworks such as the National Geospatial Policy (NGP), PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan, and the SVAMITVA scheme, this paper examines how AI-integrated spatial analysis accelerates India's digital governance. Through technical methodologies, statistical hypothesis testing, applied case studies, and systemic evaluation, this study demonstrates the pivotal role of GeoAI in building resilient spatial data infrastructure and offers strategic policy recommendations for scalable national adoption.