MWITA-RD-2026-009 · Evidence A · P1
India notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 in November 2025 with staged commencement: Rules 1, 2 and 17-21 on publication, Rule 4 after one year, and Rules 3, 5-16, 22 and 23 after eighteen months.
What this does not establish
Notification does not mean all substantive duties applied immediately and does not displace sector-specific law.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
A December 2025 corrigendum and later notifications must be read with the Gazette text.
What would change the reading
Track each commencement date, corrigenda, Board orders, significant fiduciary designations and court review.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.