Initiative or Incentive
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
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Apr 13, 2026
In effect
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
PSA white paper (March 2026) mapping India's indigenous foundation model effort and the laws, standards and benchmarks that govern it
IN India (Union)
· Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Mar 2026
Published
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
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
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
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
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's programme to fund India-built large, small and multimodal models, from Sarvam AI to the IIT Bombay-led BharatGen
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), through…
Feb 2025
Ongoing
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
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
Telangana's layered state AI programme: the 2020 AI Framework and T-AIM, the 2024 AI-Powered Telangana strategy, the TGDeX data exchange and a planned AI City
IN-TS Telangana
· Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C)…
Sep 2024
Ongoing
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
Report or White Paper
The telecom regulator's call for a cross-sector, risk-based AI law and an independent "AI and Data Authority of India" (AIDAI)
IN India (Union)
· Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Jul 20, 2023
Published
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
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
Guideline, Advisory or Order
NITI Aayog's two-part approach document setting seven principles for responsible AI in India, grounded in constitutional morality
IN India (Union)
· NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India)
Feb 2021
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive Landmark
India's first national AI strategy: five focus sectors, CORE and ICTAI research centres, an AI marketplace and the 'AI for All' brand
IN India (Union)
· NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India)
Jun 2018
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026