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Four primary documents support this starting guide. Each entry separates publication, commencement and the date we checked the document.

MEITY / GAZETTE OF INDIA

Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

The Act sets out definitions, duties, rights and the institutional framework. Publication alone did not commence every provision.

Published
11 August 2023
Effective / schedule
Phased; read G.S.R. 843(E)
Document checked
30 September 2026
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MEITY / GAZETTE OF INDIA

Commencement notification · G.S.R. 843(E)

Clauses (a), (b) and (c) identify which provisions belong to each group. The calendar dates below are calculated from the dated Gazette publication.

Published
13 November 2025
Effective / schedule
Immediate, one-year and eighteen-month groups
Document checked
30 September 2026
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MEITY / GAZETTE OF INDIA

Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 · G.S.R. 846(E)

Read the final Rules together with official corrections. This guide does not reproduce a consolidated Rules text.

Published
13 November 2025
Effective / schedule
Rule 1 sets three commencement groups
Document checked
30 September 2026
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MEITY / GAZETTE OF INDIA

Rules corrigendum · G.S.R. 892(E)

MeitY lists this document under 16 December 2025. The PDF itself bears the Gazette issue date 11 December. These dates describe different parts of the publication record.

Published
Gazette issue: 11 December 2025; instrument dated 10 December 2025
Effective / schedule
Corrects specified wording in G.S.R. 846(E); read with rule 1
Document checked
30 September 2026
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