MeitY constitutes AI Governance and Economic Group as apex inter-ministerial body on AI
The Ministry of Electronics and IT on 16 April 2026 constituted the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG), a high-level inter-ministerial body chaired by Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, as India's central mechanism for AI governance policy.
Summary
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on 16 April 2026 constituted the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG), a high-level inter-ministerial body to serve as India's central institutional mechanism for AI governance policy development and coordination. The AIGEG is chaired by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Electronics and IT, Railways and Information and Broadcasting, with Minister of State Jitin Prasada as Vice Chairperson. Its creation gives effect to recommendations in India's AI Governance Guidelines, which called for an inter-ministerial body for a whole-of-government approach, and in the Economic Survey, which called for aligning AI deployment with labour realities. The AIGEG is supported by a Technology and Policy Expert Committee (TPEC).
Key facts
- Body
- AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG)
- Constituted
- 16 April 2026, by MeitY
- Chair
- Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Vice Chair
- Jitin Prasada (MoS)
- Basis
- AI Governance Guidelines; Economic Survey
- Support body
- Technology and Policy Expert Committee (TPEC)
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Who chairs the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG) constituted by MeitY in April 2026?
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Correct answer: B — Ashwini Vaishnaw
The AIGEG is chaired by Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, with MoS Jitin Prasada as Vice Chairperson.
The constitution of the AIGEG gives formal effect to institutional recommendations made in which two documents?
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Correct answer: B — AI Governance Guidelines and the Economic Survey
MeitY says the AIGEG gives effect to recommendations in India's AI Governance Guidelines and the Economic Survey.