Overview
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released the India AI Governance Guidelines on 5 November under the IndiaAI Mission, finalised by a committee led by IIT Madras professor Balaraman Ravindran.
- The blueprint proposes an AI Governance Group, a Technology Policy Expert Committee, and an AI Safety Institute to coordinate policy, with sectoral regulators retained as the primary enforcement authorities.
- Risk management leans on voluntary and evidence-based tools, including graded liability, non-punitive incident reporting, transparency reports, grievance redressal, and adherence to existing Indian laws.
- The plan emphasizes access to data and compute, integration with Digital Public Infrastructure, and locally relevant datasets for Indian languages, with the AISI currently operating as an online network under the IndiaAI Mission.
- Nasscom praised the approach as balanced and innovation-centred, as the government prepares for the AI Impact Summit in February 2026 and pursues content authentication measures for deepfakes, with officials noting they could legislate swiftly if required.