MeitY to release AI regulation consultation paper in a month

The report states that the paper will focus on safety. MeitY Secretary S Krishnan said the time has come for AI regulation, and requested the department to come out with the paper.

The report describes the planned document as regulation-focused and places its release one month out. The excerpt does not state the paper's contents beyond the safety focus, does not name the officials who would draft it, and does not indicate whether the paper would propose statutory text, binding guidelines, or non-binding recommendations. It also does not say whether a period for public comment would follow, or what form such a process would take. No draft language is quoted in the report.

The announcement is attributed to the secretary of MeitY, which the report identifies as India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The framing is of an upcoming consultation rather than a finalised rule; the report gives a timeline but no legislative schedule, parliamentary step, or enforcement provision. Beyond the one-month timeframe, the safety focus, and Krishnan's statement that the time has come for AI regulation, the excerpt reports no further detail.