DPDP rules ready but unlikely to be tabled in winter session of Parliament

As India's first-ever dedicated legislation for digital privacy, the DPDP Act provides broad principles of collection and processing of personal information in digital form

The government may not table the rules to enforce the provisions of the Digital Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament, further delaying the implementation of the law enacted in August, Business Standard has learnt.

“Though the rules are ready, they are expected to be released for public consultation only around mid-November,” a senior government official said on Thursday.

He added that “once the rules are notified, there will be a consultation period of 45 days, followed by the setting up of the Data Protection Board.”

As India’s first-ever dedicated legislation for digital privacy, the