Guideline, Advisory or Order
The drug regulator's final guidance on licensing software as a medical device, with explicit requirements for AI and machine learning tools
IN India (Union)
· Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Ministry of…
Jul 21, 2026
In effect
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
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
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
Initiative or Incentive
A non-regulatory hub under the IndiaAI Mission's Safe and Trusted AI pillar for AI-safety research, standards and testing
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), IndiaAI…
Jan 30, 2025
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
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
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY);…
Jan 6, 2025
Superseded
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive Landmark
The Union Cabinet's March 2024 five-year Rs 10,371.92 crore programme for compute, models, datasets, skills, startups and safe AI
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY);…
Mar 7, 2024
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
From 2019 reporting circulars to 2025 rules on responsibility for AI tools and a still-pending responsible-AI framework
IN India (Union)
· Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Jan 4, 2019
Partially in force
Status checked Oct 15, 2026