India's BRICS Child Safety Pledge Lacks Age-Verification Standard

India and BRICS nations adopted a child safety pledge at the New Delhi summit on September 13, 2026, but the declaration contains no specific laws, regulators, or dates. The commitment is a single sentence in a 140-paragraph text. This follows a Supreme Court notice on September 10, 2026, regarding a petition for mandatory age verification on digital platforms. India's existing streaming rule, the Code of Ethics under the IT Rules, 2021, requires a 'reliable age verification mechanism' for adult content but has no published standard after five years.