Guideline, Advisory or Order
The Indian Patent Office's rules for how its own examiners and Controllers may, and may not, use AI tools, including a ban on entering unpublished applications into public AI
IN India (Union)
· Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks…
Aug 7, 2026
In effect
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
The Supreme Court's AI Committee proposes a national framework for AI in courts: human primacy, banned uses, disclosure by litigants, audits and an Apex Body
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India (AI Committee)
Jun 3, 2026
Draft
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
Gujarat High Court bars AI from adjudication and drafting of orders, fixes personal liability on signatories, and later enforces AI norms on State tax officers
IN-GJ Gujarat
· High Court of Gujarat
Apr 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
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
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
Guideline, Advisory or Order
IndiaAI framework, launched 6 March 2025, defining the AI skills government officials need to adopt and oversee AI in public services
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) / IndiaAI
Mar 6, 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
India's national repository of datasets, AI models and use cases, built under the IndiaAI Mission with permission-based access
IN India (Union)
· IndiaAI division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology…
Mar 6, 2025
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
The IndiaAI Mission pillar that empanels private GPU clouds and offers subsidised compute to startups, researchers and government bodies
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), through…
Dec 2, 2024
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
Government-funded AI research hubs in agriculture, health, sustainable cities and education, announced in successive Union Budgets and in October 2024
IN India (Union)
· Union Government (Ministry of Education and MeitY), announced…
Oct 15, 2024
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
Union Cabinet-approved Rs 7,210 crore programme to build digital, paperless courts, with AI, OCR and blockchain among its enabling technologies
IN India (Union)
· Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice (with the…
2023
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
NITI Aayog's draft discussion paper testing its responsible-AI principles on facial recognition, with DigiYatra as the case study
IN India (Union)
· NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), with the…
Nov 2022
Draft
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
MeitY's public AI language platform for translation, speech and voice in Indian languages, and a core layer of India's digital public infrastructure
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), through…
Jul 2022
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
The tools the Supreme Court uses or is building (SUPACE, SUVAS, transcription, listing, pendency tracking) and the AI Committee that now governs them
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India (AI Committee and e-Committee)
Apr 6, 2021
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
An early Indian state policy that sets ethics tests, a scorecard and procurement rules for AI used by Tamil Nadu government bodies
IN-TN Tamil Nadu
· Information Technology Department, Government of Tamil Nadu…
2020
Adopted
Status checked Oct 15, 2026