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India is expected to remain one of the world’s busiest deal markets, and that makes merger control in India a front-end strategic issue rather than a post-signing compliance formality. Recent decisions of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) show a clear shift: the real risk is no longer limited to whether a transaction triggers a filing.

The India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi marked a turning point. For the first time, a global AI summit shifted decisively to the Global South—an unmistakable signal that India does not intend to observe the AI revolution from the margins, but to shape its trajectory. For international stakeholders, the implications are equally clear. Engagement with India’s evolving data protection framework can no longer be passive or peripheral.