Penalties
DPDP Act penalties: fines up to Rs 250 crore explained (2026)
No penalty under the DPDP Act can be imposed yet: section 33, the route to the Schedule caps of up to 250 crore rupees, commences on a computed 13 May 2027. That date is interpretation until officially confirmed, as is this site's reading that no amount in the Schedule is reachable before section 33 commences. Section 33 sets who decides and on what factors, and the Schedule pairs each listed failure with a ceiling.