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India hosts the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi
Signatories to its non-binding declaration included both the US and China
Key facts
- Date
- 16–20 Feb 2026
- Era
- The agentic age
- Interest
- Events
- Threads
- Safety & governance
- Where
- Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- Outcome
- New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact (non-binding)
- Signatories
- 88 countries and organisations at the close; 92 on India's updated list
- Structure
- Three ‘Sutras’ and seven ‘Chakras’
India hosted the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, a week of events that Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated on 19 February. It ended with the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, a non-binding statement built around three themes: People, Planet and Progress. Both the United States and China were among the signatories.
Sources
- Press Information Bureau, Government of India, AI Impact Summit 2026 Concludes with Adoption of New Delhi Declaration, 2026-02-21
- All India Radio News, India AI Impact Summit 2026 to Adopt Leaders’ Declaration in New Delhi Today, 2026-02-20
- Brookings, Sovereignty, safety, and scale: Takeaways from the India AI Impact Summit, 2026-03-12