The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) has released the comprehensive ‘India AI Governance Guidelines’ (“Guidelines”), establishing the foundational policy for the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in India. Developed by a Drafting Committee (“Committee”) set up by MeitY in July 2025, the framework is a strategic, coordinated, and consensus-driven approach intended to balance rapid AI innovation with accountability and safety. It is anchored in 7 (seven) core principles, or “sutras”, developed based on the FREEAI Committee Report issued by the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”). These sutras (explained below) establish an agile, balanced and pro-innovation philosophy that leverages existing statutes and sectoral regulators rather than proposing a new, all-encompassing AI law at this stage.
The article, authored by Probir Roy Chowdhury and Yajas Setlur, Partners; and Pranavi Pera and Shivani Bhatnagar, Senior Associates, was published in Mondaq.
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Probir specializes in Corporate Commercial, Venture/Private Equity and Information Technology/FinTech. He has been involved in corporate transactions focused on the high technology industry including cross border Mergers & Acquisitions.