Governance ยท GS2
Expert committee for AI governance
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The government constituted a Technology and Policy Expert Committee to advise India's emerging AI-governance architecture.
Summary
AI policy must balance innovation with safety, privacy, fairness, accountability, and access. Expert advice can improve coordination, but public rules still require clear legal authority and institutional responsibility.
PYQ pattern
UPSC can frame AI as a governance issue involving rights, administrative capacity, innovation, and public accountability.
Core notes
- AI governance covers risk assessment, standards, testing, transparency, and grievance mechanisms.
- Different uses create different risks; medical diagnosis and welfare decisions need stronger safeguards than low-risk productivity tools.
- Technical audits should complement, not replace, legal accountability.
- Government, industry, academia, and civil society bring different evidence and interests.
Prelims lens
- An expert committee is advisory unless law gives it regulatory powers.
- Algorithmic transparency may include documentation, testing, and explainability.
- Personal-data processing remains connected with privacy law.
MCQ 1
Risk-based AI governance means:
- A. Applying identical rules to every use
- B. Matching safeguards to the likely harm and context
- C. Leaving all decisions to software vendors
- D. Prohibiting every automated system
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B
Risk-based regulation calibrates obligations to the use case and potential impact.
MCQ 2
Which is most important in a high-impact public AI system?
- A. No appeal process
- B. Human accountability and contestability
- C. Secret eligibility rules
- D. Permanent exemption from audits
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B
People affected by consequential decisions need accountable oversight and a way to challenge errors.
Mains
Question, 10 marks, 150 words: What principles should guide India's AI-governance framework?
Approach:
- Identify innovation and public-value opportunities.
- Discuss privacy, bias, safety, opacity, and exclusion.
- Explain risk-based rules, audits, and human oversight.
- Recommend transparent institutions and accessible remedies.