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DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 18

Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other Members

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 30
Last verified
17 August 2026

What Rule 18 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.

Pay and service conditions for the leadership of the Board come from one place: the Fifth Schedule. The Chairperson and every other Member receive the salary and allowances set out there, and their remaining terms and conditions of service are likewise whatever that Schedule specifies for them.

Official text of Rule 18

Official requirement · verbatim

Rule 18. Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other Members.The Chairperson and every other Member shall receive such salary and allowances and shall have such other terms and conditions of service as are specified in Fifth Schedule.

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. 18, p. 30. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026In force since 13 November 2025
  2. [2]
    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.