Parliament panel urges AI law

The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has finalised an AI report that the panel plans to table in Parliament, according to Hindustan Times. (hindustantimes.com) Government officials told the committee that existing laws — the Information Technology Act, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and India’s criminal statutes — are being relied on to address AI-related risks, and noted India has more than 900 million internet users. (hindustantimes.com) MeitY told the committee that AI could add an estimated $450–$500 billion to India’s GDP by 2025 and about $967 billion by 2035, and that AI and automation might generate roughly 4.7 million new tech jobs by 2027. (hindustantimes.com) Recent amendments to India’s IT Rules now explicitly bring synthetically generated information under regulatory ambit, requiring platforms to label AI-generated content, embed metadata for traceability, and meet takedown windows of two to three hours. (hindustantimes.com) The committee’s 24th report on Demands for Grants (2026–27) flagged delays and under‑utilisation across AI and chip schemes, and recorded that officials gave evidence to the committee on February 24, 2026 before the report was adopted. (communicationstoday.co.in) Under the India AI Mission — approved in March 2024 with an outlay of ₹10,372 crore over five years — the government has made 38,000 GPUs available to academicians and startups at subsidised rates and told the panel it aims to expand compute to 100,000 GPUs by the end of 2026. (communicationstoday.co.in) Earlier drafts from the Parliamentary Standing Committee, chaired by MP Nishikant Dubey, urged licensing norms for AI content creators and mandatory labelling plus stronger penalties to curb deepfakes and misinformation. (apacnewsnetwork.com)