01 Primary-source ledger · checked 2026-08-30

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Every provision-status claim in this workspace resolves to a dated official record. Gazette instruments govern the text and commencement; PIB releases help explain Government framing.

Official Gazette · Act

Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

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Record ID: dpdp-act-2023
Instrument: Act No. 22 of 2023
Published: 2023-08-11
Last checked: 2026-09-27
Pinpoint used: Sections 1 and 3–17; official Gazette PDF
Editorial note: The Act text. Commencement must be read with G.S.R. 843(E), not inferred from enactment alone.

Official Gazette · Notification

DPDP Act commencement notification

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Record ID: act-commencement-843e
Instrument: G.S.R. 843(E)
Published: 2025-11-13
Last checked: 2026-09-27
Pinpoint used: Paragraphs (a)–(c), page 2
Editorial note: Places Act provisions into publication-date, one-year and eighteen-month commencement cohorts.

Official Gazette · Final Rules

Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025

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Record ID: rules-2025-846e
Instrument: G.S.R. 846(E)
Published: 2025-11-13
Last checked: 2026-09-27
Pinpoint used: Rule 1 commencement; Rules 3–16; official Gazette PDF
Editorial note: Final Rules with phased commencement, read together with G.S.R. 892(E).

Official Gazette · Corrigendum

Corrigendum to the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025

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Record ID: rules-2025-corrigendum-892e
Instrument: G.S.R. 892(E)
Published: 2025-12-11
Last checked: 2026-09-27
Pinpoint used: Items (i)–(v), Gazette page 1
Editorial note: Reviewed against this preview: it corrects Rule 1 publication wording, a plural in Rule 13(5), omitted words in Rule 23(1), Consent Manager schedule typography and citation, and Fourth Schedule note lettering. It does not change the three displayed commencement dates, Rule 7 timing or the child-exception boundary summarised here.

Official MeitY document index

Final Rules and corrigendum document index

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Record ID: rules-2025-document-index
Instrument: MeitY document page
Published: 2025-11-14
Last checked: 2026-08-30
Pinpoint used: Final Rules downloads and corrigendum listing
Editorial note: Monitor this official index for a later correction, replacement or additional instrument.

Official PIB explainer

Government notifies DPDP Rules to empower citizens and protect privacy

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Record ID: pib-rules-explainer-2025
Instrument: PIB release 2190014
Published: 2025-11-14
Last checked: 2026-08-30
Pinpoint used: Notification overview and implementation framing
Editorial note: Useful context, but the Gazette instruments govern commencement and legal text.

Official PIB status explainer

Government highlights data-protection implementation status

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Record ID: pib-status-2026
Instrument: PIB release 2294910
Published: 2026-08-05
Last checked: 2026-08-30
Pinpoint used: Data Protection section: phased implementation over an eighteen-month transition
Editorial note: Confirms the Government's phased-implementation framing as at 5 August 2026.

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