India AI Regulation Landscape 101
This is a simple regulatory tracker consisting all information on how India is regulating artificial intelligence as a technology, inspired from a seminal paper authored by Abhivardhan and Deepanshu Singh for the Forum of Federations, Canada, entitled, "Government with Algorithms: Managing AI in India’s Federal System – Number 70".
We have also included case laws along with regulatory / governance documents, and avoided adding any industry documents or policy papers which do not reflect any direct or implicit legal impact.
Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025
Notified by MeitY on November 13, 2025, these rules operationalize the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, establishing a comprehensive and enforceable framework for digital personal data protection in India. The rules were finalized after extensive public consultation on a draft released in January 2025, with MeitY receiving over 4,000 comments and conducting multi-city consultations to incorporate feedback from industry, civil society, and government departments.
November 2025
Issuing Authority
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India
Type of Legal / Policy Document
Secondary Legislation
Status
Enacted
Regulatory Stage
Regulatory
Binding Value
Secondary Legislation
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