Reference
The DPDP Rules 2025
The DPDP Rules 2025 were notified on 13 November 2025 as G.S.R. 846(E) and operationalise the Act. Pick a rule or Schedule from the contents list to read its official Gazette text with corrigendum corrections applied and its commencement status explained.
23 of 23 rules and 7 of 7 Schedules currently publish with verified Gazette text. Where corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E) corrected the print, both the corrected and the original wording are shown.
How the Rules commence
Rule 1 brings the Rules into force in three groups, counted from the printed publication date of Gazette issue No. 760, 13 November 2025. Computed future dates are presented as interpretation until officially confirmed. The Schedules are presented as commencing with the rules that give them effect; the Rules do not state this expressly.
13 November 2025· official
Rules 1, 2 and 17 to 21
13 November 2026· computed date, interpretation until officially confirmed
Rule 4
13 May 2027· computed date, interpretation until officially confirmed
Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23
The corrigenda themselves are tracked on the corrections page. To see which obligations apply to your organisation, run the applicability checker.