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The draft rules of digital personal data, 2025, received 6,915 inputs and comments from the public, companies and other parties, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technologies reported Parliament on Friday (July 25, 2025). The Ministry responded to the question of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MP Vaddiraju Ravicandra.
The volume of comments reflects the consulting session of its back, which the government made since the proposal was published in January, with a lengthy period of written comments, as well as sessions with state governments, private industry and other groups of invited parties. The comments adhere to confidence, said the ministry, suggesting that he would not publicly issue them to offer honest parties to the parties.
Long delay
The Act on the Protection of Digital Personal Data from 2023, adopted two years ago, cannot enter into force until the DPDP rules are announced. For nearly seven months, the government has long exceeded the week long time, which was listed on the announcement. The proposal is not likely to be significantly modified, the key official said in February.
However, as India and the US negotiate a bilateral trade agreement, with a great focus on ease of business in India for technology companies, the government has set out to publish the final rules. In an informal interaction with reporters this month, the IT official of the Ministry refused to provide any reasons for delay or to provide an estimate of when to expect the rules to be enforced.
Consent to
The rules of DPDP (and the Maternity Act) set sanctions against companies that do not accept effective measures to protect personal data. They also introduce systems such as consent administrators, and individuals can monitor which companies have their data and provide or download consent for some of them. The law draws exclusion from sanctions and key provisions for government agencies.
The implementation of the law was expected among privacy advocates who hope that frequent violations will finally be met with responsibility. The law also caused criticism of journalism and transparency activists, as it does not contain any provisions for the protection of journalistic work and amends the Act on Information of 2005 to prevent any personal data that is no longer actively published under the law.
Published – July 25, 2025 23:39
