Govt in talks with industry to shorten DPDP Act compliance deadlines

IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that the government will introduce further amendments to the rules to reduce compliance timeframes

by e4m Staff
Published: Nov 17, 2025 5:01 PM | 1 min read

The government is in discussions with industry stakeholders to “significantly compress the compliance timelines” under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, MIB minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.

As per media reports, the minister has said that once the Data Protection Board is constituted and the digital framework is rolled out, the government will introduce further amendments to the rules to reduce compliance timeframes.

“The first set of rules that we have published provides a reasonable time frame for compliance, based on what industry had requested and what our priorities were. We are also in touch with industry to further compress the compliance timelines, because we have given them the same argument: they already follow compliance frameworks in other geographies—why not replicate them here? They are quite positive about this,” Vaishnaw has been reported as saying.

Last week, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued the final rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2025.

The Act's most notable aspect is the severity of non-compliance penalties, which include financial consequences intended to instill discipline throughout the digital ecosystem regardless of the fact that it clearly outlines obligations for consent managers and data fiduciaries.