India MeitY AI Framework (IT Amendment Rules 2026 + AI Advisory + AI Governance Guidelines)
India MeitY AI Governance framework — India AI Governance Guidelines (unveiled 5 November 2025: 7 Sutras, 6 Pillars, Action Plan, Practical Guidelines); IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Amendment Rules 2026 SGI labelling; MeitY Advisories 2024 (consent/labelling, bias, election integrity); DPDPA + DPDP Rules 2025 AI-specific obligations. Institutional architecture: AIGG, TPEC, AISI. Techno-legal approach with voluntary frameworks adoption and C2PA-aligned content authentication.
Composition
24 controls currently indexed; participates in 17 cross-framework synthesis clusters.
Participates in synthesis
Each cluster listed below combines this framework's controls with operationally equivalent controls from other frameworks, resolving the overlap into a single audit-defensible specification.
- AI content labelling — testing consent, deep fakes, SGI, deployer notices
- AI data governance — provenance, preparation, external reporting
- AI governance lifecycle — GOVERN function and inventory
- AI incident reporting — serious incidents to authorities
- AI policy and AIMS leadership commitment
- AI post-deployment monitoring and incident response
- AI principles — Seven Sutras + ISO 42001 + NIST + EU AI Act literacy
- AI risk classification — EU AI Act high-risk + GPAI + NIST risks
- AI system impact assessment (AISIA / FRIA / DPIA convergence)
- AI transparency — fairness, explainability, deep fake disclosure
- AI-generated content provenance — C2PA, watermarking, SGI
- Consent management — capture, modify, withdraw across jurisdictions
- EU AI Act prohibited practices + India AI capacity building
- GDPR accountability principle — Art 5(2) demonstrate compliance
- India-specific AI risk classification reflecting societal context
- Responsible AI use — operational guardrails
- SDF algorithmic due diligence and traffic-data localisation