Guideline, Advisory or Order
CDSCO medical device software guidance
The drug regulator's final guidance on licensing software as a medical device, with explicit requirements for AI and machine learning tools
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
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Report or White Paper
PSA techno-legal AI governance 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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Bill
AI (Ethics and Accountability) Bill, 2025
Private member's bill in the Lok Sabha to set up a central AI Ethics Committee, bias audits and developer transparency duties
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
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India AI Governance Guidelines (2025)
MeitY's framework of seven 'sutras', six pillars and new institutions that governs AI through existing laws rather than a standalone AI statute
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
BIS AI standards
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
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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
IndiaAI Safety Institute
A non-regulatory hub under the IndiaAI Mission's Safe and Trusted AI pillar for AI-safety research, standards and testing
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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
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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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
SEBI AI/ML regulation
From 2019 reporting circulars to 2025 rules on responsibility for AI tools and a still-pending responsible-AI framework
Status checked Oct 15, 2026