India, June 5 -- Government agencies, financial regulators and banks are beginning to strengthen their defences against a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyber threats.

The measures do not yet form a single, unified defence framework. However, recent developments involving the Ministry of Finance, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) show that the response is moving beyond warnings.

Regulators are tightening cyber controls, financial institutions are being asked to prepare for AI-enabled attacks and AI-based systems are already being deployed to detect financial fraud.

On April 23, 2026, Finance Minister Nirm...