G.S.R. 892(E) · Correction
The Rules receive wording corrections.
- Gazette publication
- 11 DEC 2025
- Effective / commencement
- Specified corrections to G.S.R. 846(E); commencement still follows rule 1.
- Checked
- 30 September 2026
SOURCES & METHOD
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What is covered?
Six selected publications: the 2023 Act, the November 2025 commencement and Rules, two Board notifications, and the December 2025 English-text corrigendum. Checked 30 September 2026. This is not a claim that every relevant publication has been collected.
Sources were reviewed against the MeitY Act and policies listing and the PDFs below. External pages may change or become unavailable. The summaries here remain educational; no independent legal review is claimed.
What gets labelled as uncertain?
Unverified appointments, operational readiness, exhaustive coverage and implications for a particular organisation. For comparisons, we display only checked wording pairs. A missing comparison is shown as unavailable, not generated from a summary.
G.S.R. 846(E) · Rules
The final Rules set out the implementation detail.
- Gazette publication
- 13 NOV 2025
- Effective / commencement
- Rules 1, 2 and 17–21: publication; rule 4: one year; rules 3, 5–16, 22 and 23: eighteen months.
- Checked
- 30 September 2026
G.S.R. 843(E) · Commencement
The Act receives a phased commencement schedule.
- Gazette publication
- 13 NOV 2025
- Effective / commencement
- Three groups, measured from publication. Check the clause covering the provision you need.
- Checked
- 30 September 2026
G.S.R. 844(E) · Institutional
A notification establishes the Data Protection Board.
- Gazette publication
- 13 NOV 2025
- Effective / commencement
- From publication in the Official Gazette.
- Checked
- 30 September 2026
G.S.R. 845(E) · Institutional
The Board’s composition is specified.
- Gazette publication
- 13 NOV 2025
- Effective / commencement
- The notification specifies composition; it is not an appointment list.
- Checked
- 30 September 2026
Act No. 22 of 2023 · Act
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act is published.
- Gazette publication
- 11 AUG 2023
- Effective / commencement
- Phased by the later commencement notification, G.S.R. 843(E).
- Checked
- 30 September 2026