Timeline of AI law in India

White paper Version 3.0

The PSA's paper on democratising access to AI infrastructure is dated 29 December 2025.

Industry submissions

The BSA and NASSCOM argue for a statutory TDM exception rather than mandatory licensing.

Lok Sabha reply on Copyright Act review

The Centre says it is reviewing the Act's adequacy for generative AI and that authorship questions will be addressed in a white paper.

Working Paper Part 1 released

The committee publishes "One Nation One License One Payment", proposing a hybrid mandatory licensing model.

Fake news report tabled in the Lok Sabha

MediaNama reports that the report was tabled; stakeholders' positions on AI labelling and definitions are summarised.

Compute milestone

Over 38,000 GPUs are onboarded to the IndiaAI Compute Portal.

Guidelines released

MeitY releases the India AI Governance Guidelines, which supersede the draft.

AI Governance Guidelines

MeitY issues the governance guidelines.

India AI Governance Guidelines

MeitY recommends a techno-legal approach, DEPA for AI training and an AI Governance Group chaired by the PSA.

MCA floats RFP on big-tech thresholds

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs seeks a study on thresholds and core digital services for the Digital Competition Bill.

India AI Governance Guidelines await DPIIT recommendations

The Guidelines suggest the committee consider a balanced approach enabling text and data mining and note they await its recommendations.

India AI Governance Guidelines

The Guidelines name access to data, compute and DPI integration as enablers of AI adoption.

MeitY publishes draft synthetic-content rules

The explanatory note refers to concerns raised in both Houses of Parliament.

Governor's fintech priorities

Governor Sanjay Malhotra names AI among five fintech priorities, citing the FREE-AI recommendations.

Market study published

The CCI publishes the Market Study on Artificial Intelligence and Competition prepared by MDI Gurgaon, with a self-audit guidance note.

Roadmap listed by NITI Aayog

NITI Aayog lists the Roadmap on AI for Inclusive Societal Development under its Frontier Tech Hub reports.

Proposed Phase 1: mission orientation

The roadmap proposes drafting a mission charter in 2025 to 2026.

Press coverage and critique

MediaNama reports on the roadmap and the criticism that India lacks a Cabinet-endorsed national AI policy.

Communications and IT committee report

The committee presents its report on curbing fake news, with recommendations on AI-generated content and safe harbour.

Date given in repository

The Pacta repository records the roadmap as September 2025; NITI Aayog's own listing says October 2025.

Roadmap published

NITI Frontier Tech Hub publishes 'AI for Viksit Bharat' with McKinsey as the analytical partner.

Second phase

Eight additional foundation-model initiatives are announced under the IndiaAI Foundation Models pillar.

Home Affairs committee presents cybercrime report

The 254th Report recommends watermarking, a labelling and provenance framework and harsher IT Act penalties.

Report published

The RBI releases the FREE-AI report with 7 Sutras, 6 pillars and 26 recommendations.

Parliamentary committee cites the study

The Standing Committee on Finance says the study should be foundational evidence for refining the Digital Competition Bill.

Drafting committee

MeitY constitutes a drafting committee chaired by Prof. Balaraman Ravindran to finalise the framework.

Data-centre workshop

NITI Aayog hosts a workshop with Deloitte urging states to build AI-ready data centres.

DPIIT forms the committee

An office memorandum constitutes a multi-stakeholder committee on generative AI and copyright chaired by Himani Pande.

506 proposals received

The Call for Proposals has drawn 506 proposals; selections follow expert evaluation.

IFF submission published

The Internet Freedom Foundation publishes its response and a critique of the consultation process.

Consultation deadline

Final date for comments after the extension; Dvara Research and SFLC.in publish submissions dated this day.

IGP comments

The Internet Governance Project posts its comments on the report.

MediaNama analysis

MediaNama publishes an analysis of the report's recommendations, updated on 28 January.

Report released

MeitY publishes the 'Report on AI Governance Guidelines Development' for public feedback.

Call for Proposals

The IndiaAI Mission invites proposals for foundational AI models aligned to India-specific needs.

Surveys and consultations

The RBI surveys 612 supervised entities and 76 entities (January–May 2025) while the Committee meets stakeholders.