The 3rd and main DPDP commencement date is computed as 13 May 2027, which is interpretation until officially confirmed. What is in force today
Sources last verified on 23 September 2026. Methodology
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On the Gazette prints on file, read as at 6 September 2026, the Information Technology SPDI Rules 2011 still bind a body corporate. Rule 3 is where sensitive personal data is defined in Indian law, and section 44(2) of the DPDP Act, which directs the omission of section 43A, has not commenced.
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MeitY was reported in January 2026 to have proposed cutting the DPDP compliance window from 18 months to 12. No amending instrument has been located. Here is the whole record.
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Gazette issue No. 760 is printed 13 November 2025; the eGazette file code on that same issue records 14 November. The Government has published both dates. What that does to every computed DPDP deadline, from the official text.
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Writ petitions in the Supreme Court challenge the DPDP Act's RTI amendment, exemptions and Board design. Notice issued, no stay: what stands in August 2026.
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A source backed status check: which parts of India's DPDP framework operate today, which dates are official, and which dates are computed.
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