Published on : 17 Nov 2025, 4:44 am 6 min read

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (hereinafter referred to as ‘MeitY’) has released the finalized Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as ‘DPDP Rules/ Rules’) vide Gazette Notification dated November 13, 2025. This comes after a long wait of 10 months since the Draft Rules were released on January 3, 2025. With this notification, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘DPDPA’) becomes enforceable.

Timeline of enforcement

1. Date of Notification i.e., November 13, 2025 – Rules 1 (Short Title), 2 (Definitions) and 17 to 21 (appointment and operations of the Data Protection Board - Board). Application of these Rules indicates that the governm

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