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Strengthening AI Governance Through Techno-Legal Framework (White Paper, Part 2 of Emerging Policy Priorities Series)

Released on January 23, 2026, by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood), this is the second white paper in the "Emerging Policy Priorities for India's AI Ecosystem" series.

The AIACT.IN India AI Regulation Tracker

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.

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January 2026

Issuing Authority

Office of Principal Scientific Adviser (OPSA), Government of India

Type of Legal / Policy Document

Guidance documents with normative influence

Status

Enacted

Regulatory Stage

Pre-regulatory

Binding Value

Guidance documents with normative influence

Related Long-form Insights on IndoPacific.App

Regulatory Sovereignty in India: Indigenizing Competition-Technology Approaches [ISAIL-TR-001]

Deciphering Artificial Intelligence Hype and its Legal-Economic Risks [VLiGTA-TR-001]

Averting Framework Fatigue in AI Governance [IPLR-IG-013]

Reckoning the Viability of Safe Harbour in Technology Law, IPLR-IG-015

Related draft AI Law Provisions of aiact.in

Section 11 – Registration & Certification of AI Systems

Section 12 – National Registry of Artificial Intelligence Use Cases

Section 13 – National Artificial Intelligence Ethics Code

Section 14 – Model Standards on Knowledge Management

Section 15 – Guidance Principles for AI-related Agreements

Section 16 – Guidance Principles for AI-related Corporate Governance

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