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India Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY)

IN-DPDP-2023 · IN · binding regulation

Source: https://policywindow.org/wiki/india-dpdpa

Generated 2026-05-30T22:12:06 UTC

Summary

India's primary AI-adjacent statute is the DPDPA + MEITY's binding AI advisories (Mar 2024 + Apr 2024 walked-back versions). No dedicated AI law yet; the proposed Digital India Act was paused 2024-2025. Affects 1.4B people — the single largest population under any AI-governance regime tracked here.

At a glance

Adopted: 2023-08-11
Effective: 2025-01-01
Status: in force
Primary source: Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 + MEITY AI Advisories (2024)
Source URL: https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Digital%20Personal%20Data%20Protection%20Act%202023.pdf

How to cite this article

APA

Policy Window. (2023). India Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY) [Wiki article — Instrument]. https://policywindow.org/wiki/india-dpdpa

Chicago

Policy Window. 2023. "India Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY)." Wiki article (Instrument). https://policywindow.org/wiki/india-dpdpa.

Harvard

Policy Window (2023) 'India Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY)', Wiki article — Instrument, available at: https://policywindow.org/wiki/india-dpdpa.

OSCOLA

Policy Window, 'India Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY)' (Wiki article — Instrument, 2023) <https://policywindow.org/wiki/india-dpdpa> accessed [date].

BibTeX

@misc{policywindow-india-dpdpa,
  title  = {India Digital Personal Data Protection Act + AI Advisory (MEITY)},
  author = {Policy Window},
  year   = {2023},
  howpublished = {Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 + MEITY AI Advisories (2024)},
  url    = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/india-dpdpa},
  note   = {Primary source: https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Digital%20Personal%20Data%20Protection%20Act%202023.pdf}
}