{"slug":"india-ai-governance-guidelines","title":"India AI Governance Guidelines (MeitY, 2025)","short_title":"India AI Governance Guidelines","jurisdiction":"india","instrument_type":"guidance","status":"guidance","is_binding":false,"issuing_body":"Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology","summary_plain":"The India AI Governance Guidelines set out a principle-based, pro-innovation approach to governing AI in India. They articulate guiding principles (such as trust, people-first design, fairness, accountability, safety and transparency), propose an institutional framework including an AI governance group and an AI Safety Institute role, favour applying existing laws over a new AI statute, and recommend voluntary commitments, techno-legal measures, risk-based oversight and incident reporting for AI systems.\n","adopted_on":"2025-11-05","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://indiaai.gov.in/","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"low","updated_at":"2026-09-12T17:35:41+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/india-ai-governance-guidelines","status_note":"Released by MeitY in November 2025 following a 2025 consultation. Non-binding; a reviewer must confirm the release date and the direct document link on indiaai.gov.in or meity.gov.in.\n","scope_summary":"Non-binding guidance addressed to government bodies, industry and developers deploying AI in India. It does not create legal obligations; it signals regulatory expectations and possible future measures.\n","who_it_applies_to":"Indian government agencies, AI developers, deployers and platforms operating in India (voluntary).","key_dates_summary":"Consultation on draft guidelines in 2025; final guidelines released November 2025 (to be confirmed).","penalties_summary":"None; non-binding.","what_organizations_must_do":"Nothing mandatory. Organisations can align governance programmes to the guidelines' principles and prepare for voluntary commitments and incident reporting mechanisms they describe.\n","published_on":"2025-11-05","date_notes":null,"taxonomy":{"actor":["provider","deployer","public_authority"],"ai_system_type":["general_purpose_ai_model","generative_ai","automated_decision_system"],"sector":["cross_sector"],"risk_category":["unclassified"],"use_case":["public_services","generative_ai"]},"sections":[],"obligations":[{"slug":"india-ai-guidelines-principles-and-risk-based-governance","title":"Adopt the guiding principles and risk-based governance (voluntary)","category":"governance_accountability","summary":"The guidelines encourage organisations to embed principles such as fairness, accountability, safety and transparency, to classify and mitigate risks proportionately, and to participate in voluntary frameworks and incident reporting.\n","practical_action":"Map your existing AI governance programme to the guidelines' principles and note the gaps.","is_binding":false,"applies_from":null,"section":null,"source_reference":"Guiding principles and recommendations sections","official_source_url":"https://indiaai.gov.in/","review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"low","last_verified_at":null,"actors":["provider","deployer"],"sectors":["cross_sector"],"use_cases":["generative_ai"],"applicability":[{"description":"Voluntary for all AI developers and deployers in India.","actors":["provider","deployer"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Principles alignment statement","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN and MAP functions","note":"Original editorial mapping.","confidence_level":"low","is_original":true}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/india-ai-guidelines-principles-and-risk-based-governance"}],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"India AI Governance Guidelines","publisher":"IndiaAI / Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology","url":"https://indiaai.gov.in/","document_date":"2025-11-05","document_type":"guidance","tier":2,"tier_label":"Official consultation, guidance, enforcement, procurement or agency source"}],"related_policies":["india-dpdp-act","singapore-model-ai-governance-framework"],"related_frameworks":["nist_ai_rmf"],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://indiaai.gov.in/","source_title":"India AI Governance Guidelines","source_publisher":"Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology","source_document_date":"2025-11-05","source_reference":"Direct document link to be added by reviewer","source_tier":2,"last_checked_at":null,"last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"low","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Initial structured record; release date and direct link unverified.","reviewed_by":null}}