India unveils landmark AI governance guidelines — know what changes for startups, developers

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Wednesday published a seven-point artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework under the IndiaAI Mission—the nodal body tasked with developing built-from-scratch AI models native to Indian languages.

In the framework, the IT ministry has detailed that corporates and startups developing AI models and applications in India will need to use trusted data sources and offer transparency in the model’s workings as their key features.