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Draft DPDP Rules get 6,915 inputs

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Draft DPDP Rules get 6,915 inputs (GS2 · Governance, 26 July 2025)

What happened

  • The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, which will operationalise the DPDP Act, 2023, received 6,915 inputs [PIB].

Background

  • The Act balances privacy rights with lawful processing [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Rules decide how consent and breach reporting actually work.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Science and technology: IT, computers, robotics, indigenisation

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-26): the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, which will operationalise the DPDP Act, 2023, received 6,915 inputs.
  2. Rules decide how consent and breach reporting actually work.
Quotable data point

The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, which will operationalise the DPDP Act, 2023, received 6,915 inputs.

PIB: Draft DPDP Rules inputs, 26 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: DPDP Act year.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

DPDP Act was enacted in

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: Draft DPDP Rules inputs, 26 Jul 2025

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