Timeline of AI law in India

Cabinet approval

The Rajasthan Cabinet approves the AI/ML Policy 2026, as reported by MediaNama.

MediaNama analysis published

MediaNama examines implications for investigations, bias and fair trials.

Statewide rollout announced

The Maharashtra government and Microsoft announce expansion to all 1,100 police stations.

AI Committee reconstituted

CJI Surya Kant reconstitutes the Supreme Court's AI Committee with Justice P.S. Narasimha as chair, per Bar & Bench.

Supreme Court declines to regulate AI by order

A bench led by CJI Surya Kant allows withdrawal of a plea for regulation of AI in the judiciary, saying judges are cautious and AI will not overpower judicial decision-making.

Guidelines recommend an AIGG

MeitY releases the India AI Governance Guidelines, recommending an AI Governance Group chaired by the PSA and a Technology and Policy Expert Committee.

Governance guidelines

MeitY releases guidelines calling the Institute the main body for safe and trusted AI and recommending that it be resourced.

Chief Minister announces AI policy

Bhajan Lal Sharma says Rajasthan will introduce an AI policy at the TiE Global Summit in January.

Chief Electoral Officer responds

The CEO confirms sharing EPIC data for pensioner life certificates and denies use for facial recognition.

NITI Aayog 'AI for Viksit Bharat' roadmap

A new NITI Frontier Tech Hub roadmap on AI-led growth appears, which the press reads against the 2018 strategy.

Complaint on voter data and facial recognition

Researcher Srinivas Kodali complains to the state Chief Electoral Officer about alleged use of voter photographs in RTDAI (reported by MediaNama on 9 September 2025).

1,500 datasets, 217 models

The governance guidelines report the content of the platform from 34 entities across 20 sectors.

38,231 GPUs available

The governance guidelines report the figure and a planned secure cluster of 3,000 next-generation GPUs.

First phase

The governance guidelines report four startups supported in the first phase.

38,000 GPUs

The governance guidelines report more than 38,231 GPUs available and AIKosh holding 1,500 datasets and 217 models.

Call to contribute datasets

IndiaAI opens an expression of interest for contributing datasets and AI artefacts to AIKosh.

TGDeX document released

The ITE&C Department and JICA publish the TGDeX paper describing a state AI data exchange.

Second-round bids reported

Bids for about 18,000 GPUs are under evaluation and seven companies are shortlisted.

More than 230 applications

MediaNama reports the volume of applications for India-specific LLMs and small language models.

Open-source debate

MediaNama reports that the sovereign model will not be open-sourced, prompting the "public money, public code" argument.

Sarvam AI selected

Sarvam is the first company funded to build a sovereign LLM; about 4,000 GPUs for six months and a 40% compute subsidy are reported.

First sovereign model selected

Sarvam AI is the first company selected to build a sovereign foundation model under the Mission.

Nagpur pilot begins

Nagpur district police begin using MahaCrimeOS AI in 23 police stations.

Telangana AI Rising Grand Challenge

Six departments share datasets; over 240 start-ups submit 420+ proposals, testing the TGDeX model.

Law Minister: AI used for case management only

The Law Minister tells Parliament that the Supreme Court integrates AI and ML into case management and does not use them for judgments or orders.

AI command centre announced

The state budget announces an AI-powered command and control centre at the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office.

AIKosh launched

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launches AIKosh with the IndiaAI Compute Portal.

IndiaAI Compute Portal launched

Subsidised GPU access opens to startups, researchers, students and government bodies.

Compute Portal and AIKosh launched

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launches the IndiaAI Compute Portal, the AIKosh datasets platform and other initiatives on the Mission anniversary.

First submission date

The IndiaAI Mission opens its call for foundation-model proposals, with later submission dates on the 15th of each month.

Law Ministry: Rs 54 crore for AI adoption

Bar & Bench reports a parliamentary reply on AI funds under Phase III and a six-judge sub-committee on data protection.

First-year allocation cut

The 2024-25 allocation is revised down from Rs 551.75 crore to Rs 173 crore.

Budget 2025-26

A Rs 500 crore Centre of Excellence for AI in education is announced.

Tripura MoU

Tripura signs a memorandum to integrate BHASHINI into its e-governance platforms.

Capacity raised to 18,693 GPUs

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces 8,693 more GPUs on top of the initial 10,000, at about Rs 100 per hour after subsidy.

GPU capacity and Safety Institute announced

The government announces 18,693 GPUs of compute capacity and the IndiaAI Safety Institute.

Institute announced

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces the IndiaAI Safety Institute with a hub-and-spoke design.

Safe & Trusted AI tools

Abhishek Singh outlines voluntary toolkits for testing bias, privacy and compliance and discusses the ParakhAI project.