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NITI Aayog Responsible AI for All: Approach Document for India
India's foundational responsible-AI principles, covering safety, equality, inclusivity, privacy, transparency and accountability. Advisory, but the reference point for Indian AI policy design.
Status
Voluntary framework
Jurisdiction
India · National
Adopted
Feb 22, 2021
In force
Feb 22, 2021
Enforcement date
—
Regulator / body
NITI Aayog (advisory)
Sectors
Cross-sector, Public sector
Extraterritorial
No
Key dates
- Feb 22, 2021Part 1 published
Risk areas addressed
Bias & discriminationTransparencyPrivacyGovernance & accountabilityFundamental rights
Who it applies to
Indian public and private sector bodies designing and deploying AI systems.
Penalties & enforcement
None (voluntary framework).
Enforced by: NITI Aayog (advisory)
Getting ready
India Responsible AI Principles carries no direct penalty today, so its value is evidential: teams adopt it to show a named standard behind their controls for bias & discrimination, transparency and privacy. Mapping an existing AI inventory against it is usually enough to surface the gaps, and that same evidence tends to carry over to the binding regimes that follow.