Lok Sabha Question No. 522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Problems arising by the use of AI
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria, Ram Kripal Yadav, Janardan Mishra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 522

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.12.2023

## PROBLEMS ARISING BY THE USE OF AI

## 522: DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is contemplating any plan/policy for the use of AI and global rulesrelated to it, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the benefits and the problem tocommon citizens in future by the use of AI;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  to  make  any  plan/policy  the  problems  of common citizens arising from the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI);and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a):Artificial  Intelligence  is  the  greatest  invention  in  recent  times  and  the  Government  expect artificial  intelligence  to  be  a  kinetic  enabler  of  India's  fastgrowing  digital  and  innovation economy. The Government wants that AI is available with safety and trust for all our digital nagriks  and  to  avoid  the  negative  use  of  AI.  The  Government's  mission  is  to  harness  the potential of AI for real life use cases in governance, healthcare, agriculture,language translation, etc. make AI is beneficial to citizens and communities. A report created by a team of experts has been prepared for IndiaAI. The copy of the report is available at MeitY website.

The  Government  is  aware  thata  framework  for  catalyzing  growth  &  innovation  of  emerging technologies is needed with having guardrails for ethical & safe use. Recently, the government enacted  the  Digital  Personal  Data  Protection  Act  aimed  at  fostering  opportunities  for  young Indians while protecting their rights. Further, Government has already established a framework through the IT Act and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules to protect the Digital Nagrik from user harms as part of our Government's policy goals of ensuring that the Internet is always safe and will be trusted and accountable for Digital Nagrik.

(b) to (d):The National Strategy on AI released in 2018 highlighted the potential of AI to solve social challenges faced by its citizens in areas such agriculture, health, education etc.However, AI  has  ethical  concerns  and  risks  due  to  issues  such  as  bias  and  discrimination  in  decisionmaking, privacy violations, lack of transparency in AI systems, and questions about responsibility  for  harm  caused  by  it.  To  address  the  ethical  concerns  and  potential  risks associated  with  AI,  various  central  and  state  government  departments  and  agencies  have commenced efforts to standardize responsible AI development, use and promote the adoption of best  practices.  Additionally,  NITI  Aayog  has  published  a  series  of  papers  on  the  subject  of Responsible  AI  for  All.Further,  as  a  founding  member  and  council  chair  of  the  Global Partnership  on  Artificial  Intelligence  (GPAI),  India  assumes  a  leading  role  in  guiding  the responsible development and use of AI.

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