AI regulatory regime should be nimble, not over-constraining: Top PM advisor
AI regulatory regime should be nimble, not over-constraining: Top PM advisor
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AI regulatory regime should be nimble, not over-constraining: Top PM advisor
Currently, India lacks standalone legislation focuse
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AI regulatory regime should be nimble, not over-constraining: Top PM advisor
Currently, India lacks standalone legislation focused on AI. However, in February 2026, the Centre unveiled norms to regulate artificial intelligence and deepfakes through amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, that come under the Information Technology Act, 2000, and apply only to intermediaries.
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Published On Sep 3, 2026 at 01:25 PM IST
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India's Principal Scientific Advisor, Ajay Sood. (Photo via Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI/@PrinSciAdvOff on X)
NEW DELHI: The regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (
) should be agile and must not over-constrain innovation, but should have a cautious approach, said a top advisor to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"The AI regulations should be nimble and not over-constraining, but at the same time, there should be a cautious approach. Recently, the IT Act 2021 has been modified and updated through a notification from the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) to take care of all the risks that can come from AI," India's Principal Scientific Advisor
Ajay Sood
.
Currently, India lacks standalone legislation focused on AI.
However, in February 2026, the Centre unveiled norms to regulate artificial intelligence and deepfakes through amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, that come under the Information Technology Act, 2000, and apply only to intermediaries.
The amendments discourage "synthetically generated information” such as audio-visual information that is artificially or algorithmically created, generated, modified, or altered using a computer resource in a ma