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

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]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 ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
[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 ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 16 August 2026The 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.