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DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 1

Short title and commencement

Status
In force
Commencement
13 November 2025 · official
Source
Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) · G.S.R. 846(E) · Gazette page 24
Last verified
16 August 2026

What Rule 1 says, in plain English

Plain English

In force since 13 November 2025. Status last checked 28 September 2026 against the MeitY library and India Code.

This opening rule gives the rules their official name, the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, and sets a phased schedule: Rules 1, 2 and 17 to 21 take effect on Gazette publication, Rule 4 1 year later, and Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23 after 18 months.

Official text of Rule 1, as corrected by G.S.R. 892(E)

Corrected by corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E)

  • For “of this Gazette” read “in the Official Gazette” (page 24, line 22)
  • For “of this Gazette” read “in the Official Gazette” (page 24, line 24)

The text below shows the corrected wording.

Official requirement · as corrected by G.S.R. 892(E)

Rule 1. Short title and commencement.(1) These rules may be called the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025. (2) Rules 1, 2 and 17 to 21 shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. (3) Rule 4 shall come into force one year after the date of publication in the Official Gazette. (4) Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23 shall come into force eighteen months after the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

Show the text as originally printed, before corrigendum

(1) These rules may be called the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025. (2) Rules 1, 2 and 17 to 21 shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. (3) Rule 4 shall come into force one year after the date of publication of this Gazette. (4) Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23 shall come into force eighteen months after the date of publication of this Gazette.

Commencement basis · Rules 1, 2 and 17 to 21

“Rules 1, 2 and 17 to 21 shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.”

Sources cited on this page

  1. [1]
    Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 1, p. 24. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 16 August 2026In force since 13 November 2025
  2. [2]
    Corrigenda to the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 892(E)), (i), p. 1. Published 11 December 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Pointer to the official correction, not a requirement · Verified 16 August 2026Document status: published; in effectCorrigendum items (i)(a) and (i)(b) amend sub rules (3) and (4).
  3. [3]
    Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 1, (2), p. 24. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 16 August 2026In force since 13 November 2025
    Rules 1, 2 and 17 to 21 shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
    The publication date, 13 November 2025, is printed on Gazette issue No. 760 itself, so this commencement date is an official fact rather than a computed one.
  4. [4]
    Corrigenda to the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 892(E)), (i)(a), p. 1. Published 11 December 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official correction to the printed text, quoted · Verified 16 August 2026Document status: published; in effect
    in page 24, – (a) line 22, for “of this Gazette”, read “in the Official Gazette”
  5. [5]
    Corrigenda to the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 892(E)), (i)(b), p. 1. Published 11 December 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official correction to the printed text, quoted · Verified 16 August 2026Document status: published; in effect
    (b) line 24, for "of this Gazette", read "in the Official Gazette"