# Maharashtra Artificial Intelligence Policy 2026

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Maharashtra (India)
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Government of Maharashtra

## In brief

The Maharashtra AI Policy 2026 is a non-binding national strategy of Maharashtra (India), issued by the Government of Maharashtra. Its current status is adopted. The Maharashtra AI ecosystem, MSMEs and start-ups. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

An investment and adoption policy that targets about ₹10,000 crore of investment and 1.5 lakh jobs by 2031, with a Maharashtra AI Mission, an AI-adoption subsidy for MSMEs, an AI start-up venture fund, incubators, centres of excellence and AI innovation cities.

## Scope

The Maharashtra AI ecosystem, MSMEs and start-ups.

## Who it applies to

Businesses, start-ups and institutions in Maharashtra taking part in its schemes.

## Key dates

Approved by the state cabinet in 2026.

## Notes on dates

A 29 April 2026 approval date appears only in secondary sources.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0089 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0089; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/in-maharashtra-ai-policy-2026
- **Official source**: https://newsonair.gov.in/maharashtra-government-announces-artificial-intelligence-policy-2026-to-boost-investment-and-jobs/
- **Source document**: Maharashtra government announces Artificial Intelligence Policy 2026
- **Published by**: All India Radio (News on AIR)
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Maharashtra Artificial Intelligence Policy 2026" [AIPT-POL-0089, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0089 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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