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DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 20

Functioning of Board as digital office

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 31
Last verified
17 August 2026

What Rule 20 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.

The Board is to function as a digital office and may use technology backed legal measures to conduct proceedings without requiring anyone's physical presence. This does not take away its power to summon any person, enforce attendance and examine that person on oath.

Official text of Rule 20

Official requirement · verbatim

Rule 20. Functioning of Board as digital office.The Board shall function as a digital office, without prejudice to its power to summon and enforce the attendance of any person and examine her on oath, may adopt techno-legal measures to conduct proceedings in a manner that does not require physical presence of any individual.

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. 20, p. 31. 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.