DPDPB
IN · Statutory body (pending)
Data Protection Board of India
About
Statutory regulator to be established under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDPA).
Substantive provisions of the DPDPA are not yet in force; rules and the Board itself remain pending.
When constituted, the Board will be the primary enforcer of personal-data protection rules in India — including AI-enabled processing of personal data.
Establishing statute · Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 ↗Leadership
Chairperson— (Members not yet publicly notified)
AuthorityData Protection Board of India (DPDPB)
EstablishedDPDPA 2023 §18; operationalised under DPDP Rules 2025 (notified 14 Nov 2025)
Implementing ministryMeitY
Mandate
- DPDPA 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act ↗
- Investigation of data principal complaints (when constituted)
- Enforcement penalties under DPDPA Schedule
- Coordination with sectoral regulators
Contact
StatusStatutory body · digital-first · 4 Members · ramping up (FY2026-27 budget ₹10 cr; FY2025-26 revised actual ₹2 cr)
Implementing ministryMeitY ↗
PAI NoteIndia AI Note ↗
On-patrol
InstrumentsDPDPA 2023 · DPDP Rules 2025
Guidanceindexing pending — Board notifications + first decisions awaited
Last fetched5 May 2026
PAI items/wk— (indexing)
Instruments enforced
Practical guidance
DPDP Board constituted under DPDPA 2023 §18 and operationalised under DPDP Rules 2025 (notified 14 Nov 2025); 4 Members; appeals to TDSAT; FY2026-27 MeitY budget ₹10 cr (head 3.04). Composition and first decisions awaited.
Recently updated
- 14 Nov 2025DPDP Rules 2025 — gazette-notified, PAI per-instrument pageRules
- 14 Nov 2025Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II §3(i), No. 760 (PDF, 41pp)Gazette
- 14 Nov 2025PAI story — India Notifies the DPDP Rules 2025, Operationalising the Data Protection BoardNews
- LiveDPDPA 2023 on IndiaCode (parent statute, AT2 verified)DPDPA
- FY2026-27MeitY Demand for Grants 2026-27 — Demand No. 27 §3.04 (₹10 cr)Budget
- PendingChairperson and Members — formal notification awaited · indexing pendingComposition
- LivePAI India AI Note — analytical companionIndia AI Note
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Activity feed indexing live · DPDP Rules 2025 notified 14 Nov 2025; PAI tracks PIB and MeitY for Chairperson + Member notifications and the Board's first decisions.