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Initiative or Incentive

AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG), constituted by MeitY on 13 April 2026

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

INIndia (Union) ·Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Apr 13, 2026 In effect

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or Incentive

Rajasthan AI/ML Policy, 2026

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-RJRajasthan ·Department of Information Technology and Communication (DoIT&C),…
Jan 6, 2026 In effect

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or Incentive

MahaCrimeOS AI: Maharashtra Police's generative-AI investigation platform

A Microsoft-based AI copilot for cybercrime investigation, piloted in Nagpur and announced for all 1,100 Maharashtra police stations

IN-MHMaharashtra ·Home Department, Government of Maharashtra; MARVEL (Maharashtra…
Dec 12, 2025 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or Incentive

AIKosh: the IndiaAI Datasets Platform

India's national repository of datasets, AI models and use cases, built under the IndiaAI Mission with permission-based access

INIndia (Union) ·IndiaAI division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology…
Mar 6, 2025 Ongoing

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

INIndia (Union) ·Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), IndiaAI…
Jan 30, 2025 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or Incentive

Telangana's AI Framework, AI Mission, AI Strategy and AI City (2020-2026)

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-TSTelangana ·Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C)…
Sep 2024 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or IncentiveLandmark

IndiaAI Mission (Rs 10,371.92 crore national AI programme)

The Union Cabinet's March 2024 five-year Rs 10,371.92 crore programme for compute, models, datasets, skills, startups and safe AI

INIndia (Union) ·Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY);…
Mar 7, 2024 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or Incentive

eCourts Mission Mode Project, Phase III (2023-2027)

Union Cabinet-approved Rs 7,210 crore programme to build digital, paperless courts, with AI, OCR and blockchain among its enabling technologies

INIndia (Union) ·Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice (with the…
2023 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or Incentive

BHASHINI and the National Language Translation Mission

MeitY's public AI language platform for translation, speech and voice in Indian languages, and a core layer of India's digital public infrastructure

INIndia (Union) ·Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), through…
Jul 2022 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Initiative or Incentive

Tamil Nadu Safe & Ethical Artificial Intelligence Policy, 2020

An early Indian state policy that sets ethics tests, a scorecard and procurement rules for AI used by Tamil Nadu government bodies

IN-TNTamil Nadu ·Information Technology Department, Government of Tamil Nadu…
2020 Adopted

Status checked Oct 15, 2026