Ø A
High-Level Inter-Ministerial Body to Coordinate Policy, Promote Responsible AI Innovation
and Address Labour Market Impacts
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New
apex body formed: The
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has constituted the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG)
as India’s central mechanism for AI policy coordination.
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Purpose:
o Develop and align AI governance policies
across ministries
o Ensure a whole-of-government approach
o Balance innovation with economic and social priorities
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Policy
backing:
o Based on recommendations from AI Governance Guidelines
o Reinforced by the Economic Survey, which
stressed the need for coordinated AI oversight
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Leadership:
o Chair: Ashwini Vaishnaw
o Vice-Chair: Jitin Prasada
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Composition:
o Senior officials from across government
o Covers domains like technology, economy, security, and
regulation
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Role
of AIGEG:
o Act as the apex inter-ministerial body on AI
governance
o Coordinate between ministries, regulators,
and advisory bodies
o Align AI deployment with labour market and societal stability
concerns
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Expert
support:
o Backed by a Technology and Policy Expert Committee
(TPEC)
o Provides inputs on:
§ Global AI trends
§ Emerging risks and regulations
§ Technological developments
India is
institutionalizing AI governance through a centralized, high-level coordination body,
aiming to ensure responsible,
aligned, and future-ready AI development across sectors.
The
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY),
Government of India, has constituted the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG),
a high-level inter-ministerial body that will serve as India’s central institutional
mechanism for AI governance policy development and coordination.
The
constitution of the AIGEG gives formal effect to institutional recommendations made
in India’s AI Governance Guidelines and the Economic Survey.
The
Guidelines recommend the establishment of an inter-ministerial body to steer a whole-of-government
approach to AI governance, with a view to align the actions of ministries, departments,
regulators and advisory bodies around a coherent national strategy. The Economic
Survey, in turn, identifies the need for a coordinating authority, capable of aligning
AI deployment with labour realities and social stability priorities.
The
AIGEG will be chaired by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology,
Railways and Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw,
with Jitin Prasada, Minister of State, Electronics & IT and Commerce & Industry,
serving as Vice Chairperson. The AIGEG’s membership brings together senior stakeholders
from the government across policy development, science and technology, security
and economic affairs.
The
AIGEG will operate as the apex inter-ministerial body within India’s AI governance
institutional framework. It will be supported by a Technology and Policy Expert
Committee (TPEC), which will offer expert advisory to the AIGEG on global developments,
emerging technologies, risks, regulation and other evolving priorities relating
to AI policy and governance.
<For details of composition of the AIGEG
and Terms of Reference>