Advocating a hands-off approach to the regulation of artificial intelligence in the country, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the India AI Governance Guidelines on Wednesday (November 6, 2025). The document is a significantly changed revision of a framework put out for consultation in January this year.

The report was drafted by a committee formed in July and headed by Balaraman Ravindran, the head of the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at IIT Madras. The broader group that worked on the previous framework was headed by Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay K. Sood.

The guidelines will “be a cornerstone in developing AI for India, and can be a role model for AI governance globally,” MeitY Additional Secretary Abhishek Singh said.

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