India to Adopt 'Light-Touch' AI Governance Framework
A new report indicates India's upcoming AI framework will feature a technical secretariat instead of a new, independent regulator.
The Indian government appears to be coalescing around a "light-touch" regulatory model for artificial intelligence, according to a report in The Economic Times on September 22, 2025. The country's upcoming AI governance framework is expected to favor an agile, advisory-based approach over the creation of a new, independent regulator.
## A Technical Secretariat
Instead of a new statutory authority, the framework is expected to feature a "technical secretariat" housed within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). This body would act as a technical advisory and coordination group, connecting stakeholders and establishing common guidelines without the enforcement mandate …
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