Timeline of AI law in India
591 distinct events (584 past, 7 scheduled) drawn from every entry: filings, hearings, judgments, notifications, consultations and launches.
Events are counted once: when the same announcement or order is recorded on several entries, it is one event linked to each of them. Overviews are not counted.
Listed hearings and announced dates that have not happened yet. Dates can move; each shows when its entry was last checked.
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16Nov 2026
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— 2027
Proposed Phase 3: pilots Scheduled
Last checked October 15, 2026
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— 2027
Scheduled end of Phase III Scheduled
Last checked October 15, 2026
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—Apr 2027
Code takes effect Scheduled
Last checked October 15, 2026
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31Jul 2027
NABCB transitions deadline Scheduled
Last checked October 15, 2026
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31Jul 2028
Client transitions deadline Scheduled
Last checked October 15, 2026
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— 2029
Proposed Phase 4: nationwide rollout Scheduled
Last checked October 15, 2026
Past events by year
December
2022 · 3 events-
29Dec
Draft standard released for comments
TEC issues its Draft Standard for fairness assessment and rating of AI systems; comments are due by 13 February 2023.
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19Dec
SFLC response reported
The Software Freedom Law Centre seeks informed explicit consent and a separate AI law.
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15Dec
IFF response reported
The Internet Freedom Foundation urges bans on law-enforcement FRT and emotion recognition.
November
2022 · 7 events-
30Nov
Comments close
Last date for comments to NITI Aayog.
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26Nov
Phase III Vision document dated
The e-Committee dates its Digital Courts Vision & Roadmap for Phase III.
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25Nov
Omnibus ex parte injunction
Justice Navin Chawla restrains misuse of the actor's name, voice and image, and directs DoT and MeitY, telecom providers and domain registrars to act against KBC lottery scams and squatted domains.
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18Nov
Data economy recommendations
TRAI recommends a statutory Data Digitization and Monetization Council, later renamed AIDAI.
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8Nov
Press coverage
MediaNama reports on the paper's recommendations and DigiYatra case study.
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—Nov
Discussion paper released
NITI Aayog releases the facial recognition paper as a draft for public comment.
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—Nov
Facial recognition use-case paper
A draft discussion paper applies the principles to DigiYatra and facial recognition; comments invited until 30 November 2022.
August
2022 · 1 event-
5Aug
Consultation paper issued
TRAI releases its consultation paper on leveraging AI and big data in the telecommunication sector.
July
2022 · 1 event-
—Jul
BHASHINI launched
BHASHINI is launched at Digital India Week in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
June
2022 · 1 event-
29Jun
US Copyright Office refuses registration
The US Office refuses to register Suryast for lack of human authorship.
May
2022 · 1 event-
3May
Application filed
Thaler files Diary No. 9356/2022-CO/A to register "A Recent Entrance To Paradise", naming DABUS as author.
April
2022 · 1 event-
—Apr
CERT-In cyber-security directions
CERT-In issues directions requiring specified cyber incidents to be reported within six hours (as described in later MediaNama reporting).
February
2022 · 1 event-
22Feb
TEC seeks inputs on fairness assessment
TEC writes to stakeholders about a framework for fairness assessment of AI/ML systems.