FrameworksRBI FREE-AI
RBI FREE-AI
Reserve Bank of India · effective 2025-04-15 (rolling) · applies to India banking entities, India insurance entities
Build-time viewReadiness 82%9 open gapsNext: 2026-06-30 (AI Compliance Toolkit deliverable)
7 Sutras
Foundational principles- 1Trust is foundationalMet
- 2People firstMet
- 3Innovation over restraint (responsibly)Partial
- 4Fairness and equityPartial
- 5AccountabilityMet
- 6Understandable by designMet
- 7Safety, resilience, sustainabilityMet
6 Pillars · 26 recommendations
Build-time view. Some pillars span Operations Platform — cross-product evidence is shown.
- AS-1Pre-deployment evaluation requirementsMetCatherine O'Brien18 ev4d ago
- AS-2Bias testing requirements (caste, language, gender)PartialAnjali Krishnan11 ev2d ago
- AS-3Adversarial testing requirementsMetArjun Iyer26 ev1d ago
- AS-4Documentation requirements (model cards)MetLars Andersson47 ev3d ago
- AS-5Re-evaluation cadenceMetCatherine O'Brien9 ev6d ago
- AU-1Audit-trail completenessMetLars Andersson412 evtoday
- AU-2Independent third-party validationPartialVikram Shetty4 ev9d ago
- AU-3Audit cadenceMetLars Andersson6 ev12d ago
- AU-4Vendor re-validationPartialSanjay Kapoor7 ev21d ago