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India adopts 'techno-legal' approach to regulate AI, minister says

By Freny Patel ( January 22, 2026, 07:16 GMT | Insight) -- Championing a "techno-legal" model for regulating artificial intelligence, India's Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw argued that law alone cannot govern the digital age. Speaking at a global summit, Vaishnaw said India’s strategy pairs robust legislation with homegrown technical tools to create court-admissible safeguards. He also rejected the International Monetary Fund's "second-tier" label for India’s AI economy, citing Stanford University’s 2025 Global AI Index, which puts India in third place globally in AI penetration and preparedness, trailing only the US and China.India has adopted a "techno-legal" model to regulate artificial intelligence, signaling a departure from traditional regulatory methods that rely solely on legislation, said a minister....

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