Timeline of AI law in India

Consultation paper promised

Ashwini Vaishnaw says MeitY will release a regulation-focused consultation paper within a month.

New empanelment call

C-DAC invites providers to supply up to 10,000 AI Compute Units.

New compute call

C-DAC invites AI service providers to be empanelled for up to 10,000 AI compute units.

16,000+ datasets listed

The platform's own pages list 16,072+ datasets, 362 models and 671 organisations.

MediaNama analysis of AI portal privacy policy

MediaNama finds gaps in the portal's privacy policy and raises questions about 'sovereign AI'.

TCS HyperVault AI data centre announced

The state announces a data-centre campus of up to Rs 70,000 crore at Future City.

Gnani Artha

Gnani.ai launches Artha, a 30B open-weight model with an agent platform.

TN AI Mission announced

TNeGA announces the TN AI Mission as part of the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27.

Stakeholder talks on a separate law

Secretary S. Krishnan says MeitY will start stakeholder discussions on a separate AI law.

Stakeholder talks on a separate AI law

Secretary S. Krishnan says MeitY will start discussions with stakeholders on a separate law for AI regulation.

Pooja Ramesh Singh judgment

The Court declares zero tolerance for unverified AI-generated precedents and directs the Bar Council to frame norms.

Possible government stake

MediaNama reports the government could hold 1-2% of Sarvam through convertible debentures.

IT Minister on a new law

Ashwini Vaishnaw says in an interview that a new AI law is required.

Unified Card profiling plan reported

MediaNama reports the state's plan for an AI-based 360-degree beneficiary profiling card.

Draft AI regulations published

The AI Committee's draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026 are released for comment until 20 June.

Sarvam Series B

Sarvam announces a USD 234 million round at about USD 1.5 billion valuation, led by HCLTech.

Video-conferencing rules implemented in all reporting jurisdictions

The e-Committee newsletter records that the VC rules are implemented in all 28 High Court jurisdictions and their district courts.

Director post advertised

The Digital India Corporation advertises for a Director, with applications due 2 June 2026.

MediaNama report

MediaNama reports that AIGEG excludes the regulators recommended in the Guidelines.

AIGEG constituted

MeitY issues the office memorandum constituting the AI Governance and Economic Group.

Biennial Report on Phase III released

At the e-Committee conference the Chief Justice releases the Biennial Report and launches the SSO portal, App 4.0, eCourts-ePrisons integration and email delivery of summons.

Parliamentary committee report reported

The Standing Committee on Communications and IT asks the government to examine the feasibility of a comprehensive AI law.

RTI on curation units

MediaNama files an RTI asking MeitY about the 50 AI curation units and the definition of non-personal data.

Funding disclosed

A Lok Sabha reply lists the twelve organisations and the compute and non-compute support for each.

AI facial recognition for missing persons reported

The DoIT&C page describes an AI face-matching system for missing persons using a large photograph database.

AI for case listing and bench allocation reported

Bar & Bench reports the Court's plan to use AI software for case listing and bench allocation.

Sovereign models added

Sarvam and BharatGen models become available on AIKosh.

Sarvam weights released

Sarvam-30B and Sarvam-105B are released under Apache 2.0 on Hugging Face and AIKosh.

Gummadi Usha Rani order

The Supreme Court declares reliance on AI-generated non-existent judgments to be misconduct.

VoicERA launched

The Digital India BHASHINI Division launches VoicERA, an open-source voice AI stack, and a policy report on open and responsible voice technology.

Summit announcement

The government says it plans to add more than 20,000 GPUs to the 38,000 already onboarded.

Summit launches

Sarvam, BharatGen and Gnani unveil models at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi (16-20 February).

India AI Impact Summit

Sarvam, BharatGen and Gnani launch sovereign models at the summit in New Delhi.

Parliamentary reply

14 empanelled providers and a list of user categories are reported to the Rajya Sabha.

Twelve teams shortlisted

The Rajya Sabha is told that twelve teams have been shortlisted.

Progress reply to Parliament

The Rajya Sabha is told of 14 empanelled providers, 12 funded model teams, 30 applications and funds released of Rs 21.79 crore and Rs 379.15 crore.

Budget 2026-27

The Budget presents AI as a force multiplier but, as reported, announces no new AI centre.

Economic Survey proposes an AI Economic Council

The Economic Survey 2025-26 proposes an economic council to calibrate the pace of AI adoption, separate from the AIGG.

AI pendency-tracking platform announced

CJI Surya Kant announces administrative reforms using AI, including real-time case tracking across courts.

Techno-legal white paper

The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser describes the Institute as the body that tests and evaluates AI systems.

Tamil Nadu MoU

Tamil Nadu signs an MoU with Sarvam AI for a Rs 10,000 crore sovereign AI park.

Sovereign AI Park MoU with Sarvam AI

The state signs an MoU for a Sovereign AI Park near IIT Madras, with an initial investment reported at Rs 10,000 crore.

Policy and AI portal launched

The Chief Minister launches the policy and the state AI portal, with an MoU with Google, IIT Delhi, NLU Jodhpur and the Wadhwani Foundation.