India AI Governance Guidelines: Seven Principles by MeitY
Why in the news
The Ministry of Electronics and IT issued a revised national framework on developing and using AI, replacing its January 2025 draft.
Key facts
- Aim: balance innovation with safety, so India looks responsible yet innovation-friendly.
- Focus: human-centric, ethical, inclusive AI with adaptive risk reduction.
- Style: largely hands-off, enabling innovation over heavy prescriptive oversight.
Seven principles
- Trust
- People-centricity
- Responsible innovation
- Equity
- Accountability
- Understandability of LLMs (transparency)
- Safety, resilience and sustainability
Significance
- Signals India’s bid for global AI governance leadership while minimising risks.
IndiaAI Hackathon 2025: mineral targeting
Goal: AI/ML for mineral mapping and exploration. Organisers: IndiaAI Mission and the Geological Survey of India (Ministry of Mines).
| Award | Prize | Entry |
|---|---|---|
| First | ₹10 lakh | CricSM AI |
| Second | ₹7 lakh | Knowledge and Data-Driven Mineral Targeting Approach |
| Third | ₹5 lakh | SUVARN |
| Special | ₹5 lakh | AI/ML for REE, Ni-PGE, copper, diamond, iron, manganese, gold |
Exam angle
- Issuer: MeitY; principles: seven.