Rules & Regulations Landmark
India's first binding AI-specific content rules: labelling, provenance and prevention duties for deepfakes, and a three-hour takedown deadline
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Feb 10, 2026
In force
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
A Cabinet-approved state policy that tops up incentives for AI start-ups, requires departments to find AI use cases and launches a state AI portal and sandbox
IN-RJ Rajasthan
· Department of Information Technology and Communication (DoIT&C),…
Jan 6, 2026
In effect
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
MeitY's notice to X over Grok-generated obscene images, with a 72-hour action-taken report and a warning of lost safe harbour
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Jan 2, 2026
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
The Principal Scientific Adviser's white paper that builds on MeitY's guidelines, rejects a standalone AI law and proposes technical controls across the AI lifecycle
IN India (Union)
· Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Jan 2026
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
PSA white paper (Version 3.0, 29 December 2025) on treating compute, datasets and models as shared public goods through a phased DPI approach
IN India (Union)
· Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of…
Dec 29, 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
A Microsoft-based AI copilot for cybercrime investigation, piloted in Nagpur and announced for all 1,100 Maharashtra police stations
IN-MH Maharashtra
· Home Department, Government of Maharashtra; MARVEL (Maharashtra…
Dec 12, 2025
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
A government committee's proposal for a mandatory blanket licence with statutory royalties for training AI on lawfully accessed copyrighted works
IN India (Union)
· Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT),…
Dec 8, 2025
Under consultation
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Bill
Private member's bill in the Lok Sabha to set up a central AI Ethics Committee, bias audits and developer transparency duties
IN India (Union)
· Lok Sabha (private member's bill, Bharti Pardhi, MP)
Dec 5, 2025
Introduced
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order Landmark
MeitY's framework of seven 'sutras', six pillars and new institutions that governs AI through existing laws rather than a standalone AI statute
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), under…
Nov 5, 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
BIS lists 26 published AI and big-data Indian Standards adopted from ISO/IEC, including the AI management system standard IS/ISO/IEC 42001:2023
IN India (Union)
· Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Technical Committee LITD 30…
Nov 2025
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
The Competition Commission's first market study of AI: concentration, algorithmic collusion, entry barriers and a voluntary self-audit framework
IN India (Union)
· Competition Commission of India (CCI)
Oct 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
NITI Aayog Frontier Tech Hub roadmap proposing a national mission, Digital ShramSetu, to bring AI to India's 490 million informal workers
IN India (Union)
· NITI Aayog (Frontier Tech Hub)
Oct 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Bombay High Court order of 29 September 2025 protecting singer Asha Bhosle against AI voice cloning, fake merchandise and AI-generated videos
IN-MH Maharashtra
· High Court of Judicature at Bombay
Sep 29, 2025
Interim order
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Delhi High Court petition withdrawn on 25 September 2025 after respondents showed that precedents and quotations cited for the petitioner did not exist
IN-DL Delhi
· High Court of Delhi
Sep 25, 2025
Disposed of
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Delhi High Court orders of 9 and 10 September 2025 protecting the Bachchans against AI chatbots, deepfakes and merchandise
IN-DL Delhi
· High Court of Delhi
Sep 9, 2025
Interim order
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub roadmap on how AI adoption and AI-led R&D could help India reach 8% growth and a USD 8.3 trillion economy by 2035
IN India (Union)
· NITI Aayog (NITI Frontier Tech Hub), with McKinsey & Company as…
Sep 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
Two 2025 committee reports urging watermarking, labelling, licensing of AI content creators and tighter safe harbour, with no formal government response found
IN India (Union)
· Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs; Parliamentary…
Aug 20, 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
RBI committee report setting out 7 'Sutras', 6 pillars and 26 recommendations for AI adoption by banks, NBFCs and fintechs
IN India (Union)
· Reserve Bank of India (RBI), FinTech Department
Aug 13, 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 14, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
Reported as India's first High Court AI policy for judges: no AI for findings or judgments, no cloud chatbots, audit logs and mandatory training
IN-KL Kerala
· High Court of Kerala
Jul 19, 2025
In force
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
CERT-In's guidelines asking government and essential-services buyers to demand an AI Bill of Materials, with its AI security advisory and 2026 blueprint
IN India (Union)
· Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of…
Jul 9, 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026