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Initiative or Incentive

AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG)

A ministerial and secretary-level group that merges the proposed AI Governance Group with the Economic Survey's AI Economic Council, without the sectoral regulators

INApr 13, 2026 In effect

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Rules & Regulations

Draft IT Rules amendment (March 2026)

A draft that would make MeitY advisories part of intermediary due diligence on pain of losing safe harbour, and extend media oversight to user news posts

INMar 30, 2026 Draft

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Court Ruling

Gummadi Usha Rani v. Sure Mallikarjuna Rao

Supreme Court inquiry into a trial court that relied on four AI-generated, non-existent judgments; declares such reliance "misconduct"

INFeb 27, 2026 Pending

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Rules & RegulationsLandmark

IT Rules amendment on synthetic content (2026)

India's first binding AI-specific content rules: labelling, provenance and prevention duties for deepfakes, and a three-hour takedown deadline

INFeb 10, 2026 In force

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Court Ruling

Aishwarya & Abhishek Bachchan personality rights

Delhi High Court orders of 9 and 10 September 2025 protecting the Bachchans against AI chatbots, deepfakes and merchandise

IN-DLSep 9, 2025 Interim order

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Guideline, Advisory or Order

CERT-In AIBOM guidelines

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

INJul 9, 2025 Published

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Guideline, Advisory or Order

AI Competency Framework for Public Sector Officials

IndiaAI framework, launched 6 March 2025, defining the AI skills government officials need to adopt and oversee AI in public services

INMar 6, 2025 Published

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Report or White Paper

MeitY AI governance subcommittee report (2025)

The draft report that proposed an inter-ministerial AI body, a technical secretariat and an AI incident database, and led to the November 2025 governance guidelines

INJan 6, 2025 Superseded

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Court Ruling

Delhi HC deepfake PILs

Public interest petitions that pushed MeitY to form a Committee on Deepfakes; the lead matter is still pending in the Delhi High Court

IN-DLNov 21, 2024 Pending

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or IncentiveLandmark

IndiaAI Mission

The Union Cabinet's March 2024 five-year Rs 10,371.92 crore programme for compute, models, datasets, skills, startups and safe AI

INMar 7, 2024 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026