Government Constitutes Technology and Policy Expert Committee (TPEC) to Provide Expert Advisory Support to India’s AI Governance Architecture

• TPEC = standing expert advisory body constituted by MeitY to provide technical, legal and policy inputs to the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG), India's apex inter-ministerial AI body.
• Forms the second tier of India's emerging two-tier AI governance architecture (AIGEG = decision-making; TPEC = expert advisory).
• Operationalises the "Safe & Trusted AI" pillar of the IndiaAI Mission (₹10,371.92 crore, approved March 2024).
• UPSC relevance: GS-II (governance, statutory/non-statutory bodies) and GS-III (S&T, emerging tech, AI regulation).