Private AI for government offices. Files, orders and citizen data stay inside the department.
Short answer. Government departments hold records that their own rules require them to keep confidential. Said AI tools and apps such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek on office computers and devices pose risks to the confidentiality of government data and documents, and should be strictly avoided. Pasting official files into a public cloud chatbot hands them to a third party. ANVE is a private AI appliance on the office network, so work such as summarise a 200-page tender or project report and draft a reply to an RTI application or grievance for officer review happens without the records leaving the building, for named users with an audit trail. India has 784 districts (Local Government Directory, checked 6 October 2026), each with its own administration, alongside central ministries and their attached offices.
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The rules that apply
Department of Expenditure (Ministry of Finance) internal note, 29 January 2025: Said AI tools and apps such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek on office computers and devices pose risks to the confidentiality of government data and documents, and should be strictly avoided.
Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 — Rule 11: A government servant may not communicate any official document or information to anyone not authorised to receive it, except under government orders or in good-faith duty.
Official Secrets Act, 1923 — s.5 (Wrongful communication, etc., of information): Makes it an offence to wrongfully communicate secret official codes, documents or information, including those entrusted in confidence by government officials.
CERT-In Guidelines on Information Security Practices for Government Entities (June 2023) — clause 8.1: Issued for all ministries, departments and their offices. Third-party access to information must be restricted and shared only after a non-disclosure agreement.
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Context and other jurisdictions
Rajya Sabha reply, 27 March 2025 (as reported): The Government told Parliament there was no specific prohibition on AI tools in government offices, but officials must protect the security and confidentiality of public data.
DPDP Act s.17(2)(a) and s.17(4): Some State processing is exempt or partly exempt from the DPDP Act, so for many departments the main constraints are service rules, official-secrets law and CERT-In guidance.
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How many offices this covers
India has 784 districts (Local Government Directory, checked 6 October 2026), each with its own administration, alongside central ministries and their attached offices.
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Records that should not go to a cloud chatbot
Note-sheets and file notings
Draft policies and Cabinet notes
Citizen grievance and RTI files
Land, revenue and beneficiary records
Tender and procurement documents
Inter-departmental correspondence
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What ANVE would do for a government office
Each task runs on the appliance, for a named user, and is recorded in the audit trail. Drafts are reviewed and approved by a person.
Summarise a 200-page tender or project report
Draft a reply to an RTI application or grievance for officer review
Prepare a note-sheet from scattered file papers
Turn meeting minutes into an action-taken report
Translate circulars between English and Hindi or a regional language
Search past orders and circulars on a topic
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Questions people ask
Can a government office use ChatGPT with official files?
There is no blanket ban: the Government told the Rajya Sabha in March 2025 that there was no specific prohibition on AI tools in offices, but officials must protect the confidentiality of official data. A January 2025 Finance Ministry note asked staff to avoid tools such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek on office devices. Under the DPDP Act, an organisation stays responsible for processing done on its behalf by a vendor (s.8(1)). Keeping AI on the premises avoids sending official files out at all. This is general information, not legal advice.
How many government departments are there in India?
India has 784 districts (Local Government Directory, checked 6 October 2026), each with its own administration, alongside central ministries and their attached offices.
What can private AI do for a government office?
Summarise a 200-page tender or project report; Draft a reply to an RTI application or grievance for officer review; Prepare a note-sheet from scattered file papers; Turn meeting minutes into an action-taken report. On ANVE these run on an appliance in the office, for named users with an audit trail.
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What is not real yet
No sealed ANVE unit exists; every image of the appliance on this site is a labelled render. The software runs today on a development machine. No customers yet, no certifications, no delivery date, and the final price is not announced.
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