Explore insights on India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and Draft Rules, 2025. Learn how MeitY’s consultative initiatives aim to balance privacy rights and data fiduciaries’ needs for a robust digital framework.
Authors: Dedipyaman Shukla | Jhanvi Anam
At the outset, we welcome the multiple opportunities which the union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has provided to Indian stakeholders to submit their comments and suggestions on the country’s new data protection framework, which includes the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) and the recently released Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (Draft Rules).
These consultative initiatives are indicative of the commitment of MEITY towards ensuring that a robust, effective and balanced legal framework is created to cater to the needs of Digital India. They also demonstrate the commitment of the Central Government towards implementing the spirit of the Pre-legislative Consultative Policy.
Our suggestions for the Draft Rules, specified below, aim to strengthen the balance between the individual’s constitutional Right to Privacy (as reiterated by the Supreme Court in Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India ) and the needs of Data Fiduciaries to lawfully process personal data and provide a high standard of services to the public.
Comments on the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025
Authors: Dedipyaman Shukla | Jhanvi Anam
At the outset, we welcome the multiple opportunities which the union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has provided to Indian stakeholders to submit their comments and suggestions on the country’s new data protection framework, which includes the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) and the recently released Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (Draft Rules).
These consultative initiatives are indicative of the commitment of MEITY towards ensuring that a robust, effective and balanced legal framework is created to cater to the needs of Digital India. They also demonstrate the commitment of the Central Government towards implementing the spirit of the Pre-legislative Consultative Policy.
Our suggestions for the Draft Rules, specified below, aim to strengthen the balance between the individual’s constitutional Right to Privacy (as reiterated by the Supreme Court in Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India ) and the needs of Data Fiduciaries to lawfully process personal data and provide a high standard of services to the public.
Read the stakeholder comments here.