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
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
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
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
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
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
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