# National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIforAll)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: India
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: NITI Aayog
- **Adopted**: 2018-06-01

## In brief

National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence is a non-binding national strategy of India, issued by NITI Aayog. It was adopted on 1 June 2018. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. A discussion paper that set out India's first national approach to artificial intelligence.

## Summary

A discussion paper that set out India's first national approach to artificial intelligence. It prioritises five sectors (healthcare, agriculture, education, smart cities and infrastructure, and smart mobility) and proposes research institutions, data ecosystems and skilling measures to support adoption. It also flags privacy, fairness and explainability as issues needing attention and recommends institutional structures for responsible AI.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by NITI Aayog. Oversight: NITI Aayog (policy think tank of the Government of India). Stated purpose: Position India as an AI leader while using AI for inclusive social and economic growth.

## Key dates

2018-06-01: NITI Aayog publishes the National Strategy for AI discussion paper (June 2018); 2024-03-07: Union Cabinet approves the IndiaAI Mission, operationalising national AI investment

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0096 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0096; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/india-national-strategy-for-artificial-intelligence
- **Official source**: https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-03/National-Strategy-for-Artificial-Intelligence.pdf
- **Source document**: National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIforAll)
- **Published by**: NITI Aayog
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-11-04
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIforAll)" [AIPT-POL-0096, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0096 (accessed 4 November 2026).

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