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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Current status
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.
Compliance
Nobody owes a DPO yet: section 10(2)(a) commences on a computed 13 May 2027, interpretation until officially confirmed. Only a notified Significant Data Fiduciary will owe one. Every other Data Fiduciary will owe a published contact person instead, under section 8(9) and Rule 9, which commence on the same date.
Compliance
Only notified Significant Data Fiduciaries need a DPDP audit, and the duty has not started: section 10(2)(b) and Rule 13 commence on a computed 13 May 2027. That date is interpretation until officially confirmed. The independent auditor, the 12 month cycle, and the significant observations report.
Compliance
Section 10 adds an India based DPO, an independent auditor and a 12 month Rule 13 DPIA and audit cycle once notified: all 3 commence on a computed 13 May 2027. That date is interpretation until officially confirmed. The DPO answers to the board of directors, and Rule 13 adds algorithmic due diligence and conditional localisation.
Compliance
Only a notified Significant Data Fiduciary will owe a DPIA, and section 10 and Rule 13 both commence on a computed 13 May 2027. That date is interpretation until officially confirmed. What section 10(2)(c)(i) defines, the 12 month Rule 13 cycle, and the GDPR habits that do not carry.
Compliance
No Significant Data Fiduciary duty is in force yet: section 10 commences on a computed 13 May 2027, interpretation until officially confirmed. SDF status will arrive by government notification against the section 10 factors, not by crossing a user count. The real numbers in the framework, the duties that follow, and the vendor thresholds that do not exist.
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