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India AI Governance Guidelines

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (IndiaAI Mission)

last revised 2025-11-05last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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map categories:Horizontal AI statuteData protection and legal AI

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Non-binding national AI governance framework released by MeitY on 5 November 2025 under the IndiaAI Mission: seven guiding principles, recommendations across six governance pillars, and a sectoral approach leaving domain rules to sectoral regulators. It contains no risk classification for justice or legal uses and creates no new statute.

Applies to
providers, all
Effective
05 Nov 2025
Current version
Original · 05 Nov 2025
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.newsonair.gov.in/meity-unveils-india-ai-governance-guidelines-to-p…

What the document requires

  • Seven guiding principles for responsible AI: trust, people first, innovation over restraint, fairness, accountability, understandable by design, safety.
  • Sectoral regulation preferred over a horizontal AI statute.
  • Action plan across short, medium and long-term timelines.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2025-11-05Released 5 November 2025; official PDF hosted on indiaai.gov.in was not retrievable.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "India AI Governance Guidelines" (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (IndiaAI Mission), Original, 2025-11-05), safelegalai.com/regulation/india/in-meity-india-ai-governance-guidelines-2025 (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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