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India notifies the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025
Concerns India DPDP Act
Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 · reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt
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In brief
India notifies the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025. Recorded for India on 13 November 2025. It concerns the India DPDP Act. The DPDP Rules were notified with phased commencement, starting the countdown for consent, notice, security and breach-notification obligations under the DPDP Act 2023. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as partially applicable.
- Date
- 13 November 2025
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Instrument
- India DPDP Act
- Impact
- Urgent
- Status afterwards
- Partially applicable
- Official source
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
What changed?
The DPDP Rules were notified with phased commencement, starting the countdown for consent, notice, security and breach-notification obligations under the DPDP Act 2023.
What does it mean in practice?
Organisations using personal data of Indian residents in AI should plan compliance against the phased dates.
Official source
Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology · 13 Nov 2025
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AIPolicyTracker (2026). “India notifies the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025” [AIPT-CHG-0077, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0077 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, https://www.meity.gov.in/data-protection-framework.
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author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{India notifies the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-11-13-india-dpdp-rules-notified}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-11-13-india-dpdp-rules-notified},
urldate = {2026-11-12},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 12 November 2026}
}
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