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COVER STORY

Artificial Intelligence-Empowered India

Laws to Mitigate the Risks of AI

The increasing use of AI in automated decisions is creating threats such as confusion,
bias, misinformation, and deepfakes. India believes that to address these challenges,
it is necessary to enact laws, as well as empower AI governance with new and
advanced technologies, to ensure an effective and secure system…

Information Technology Act, 2000 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

n Provisions have been made to address crimes n Section 111 of the BNS provides for
related to misinformation, fraud, or identity punishment for any individual or group of
theft through deepfakes, use of computers for individuals who, as a member of an organized
fraud, and capturing, publishing, or transmitting crime syndicate or on behalf of such a syndicate,
images of a person’s private area without their engages in any unlawful activity, including
consent. economic crimes and cybercrimes.
n Publishing or transmitting obscene material n Separate sections
that may be created using deepfake technology of BNS also
has been declared a punishable offense. address
defamation,
fraud, and
cybercrimes.

Digital Personal Data n The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and the Digital Personal
Protection Act, 2023 Data Protection Rules, 2025, were notified on November 13, 2025.
n This Act entrusts data fiduciaries with the responsibility of
protecting digital personal data and makes them accountable.
n It provides citizens with control over their data. No agency can use
data without consent.
n The SPDI Rules provide that data must be used only for the stated
purpose. Prior consent is required before providing data to any third party.

and learn. Just as humans learn from experience, nize images, and make predictions. Today, AI is not
recognize patterns, and make decisions, AI systems just a convenience, but an engine of development.
also learn and make decisions based on data. Ex- Globally, it is estimated that AI will contribute tril-
amples include face unlock on your mobile phone, lions of dollars to the global economy in the coming
traffic information on Google Maps, suggestions for years. Whether it’s industrial automation, faster
online shopping, and responses from chatbots—all production, cost reduction, or better services, AI
of which are forms of AI. Machine learning, deep analyzes millions of billions of data in seconds. This
learning, and natural language processing systems improves the ease of living. Whether it’s diagnosing
enable computers to understand language, recog- diseases in hospitals, providing accurate weather

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