Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 release by MeitY for public consultation
4 Jan, 2025
The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act is aimed at establishing a framework for processing digital personal data. There is a need to harmonize two conflicting positions - individual’s right to protect personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes. The DPDP Act had received the assent of the President of India, and the rules are still to be put in place.
As per a press release, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has drafted the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 to facilitate the implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act). The stakeholder are invited to share feedback/comments on the draft Rules.
For a copy of the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 a reader may Click here. For a copy of the Explanatory Note on Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, a reader may Click here.
The Press release reads, “In line with the SARAL framework, certain principles like simple language, unnecessary cross referencing, contextual definition, and illustrations etc. have been used while drafting the rules. The text of the Rules along with the simplified explanatory notes to enhance accessibility and understanding of the draft Rules is available on the Ministry’s website at https://www.meity.gov.in/data-protection-framework
Overview of draft rules
The draft Rules details about the various implementation aspects such as the notice by the Data Fiduciary to the individuals, registration and obligations of Consent Manager, processing of personal data for issuance of subsidy, benefit, service etc. by State, applicability of reasonable security safeguards, intimation of personal data breach, providing details about availing of their rights by the individuals, processing of personal data of child or of person with disability, setting up the Data Protection Board, appointment and service conditions of the Chairperson and other members of the Board, functioning of Board as digital office, procedure to appeal to Appellate Tribunal among others”.
Feedback/comments for Draft Rules may be submitted via the MyGov portal at the following link: https://innovateindia.mygov.in/dpdp-rules-2025 and the last date for submission is 18th February, 2025.
For a link to the press release, please click to the link - https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2090048
The draft rules are available at - https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/259889.pdf