New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- India's two digital industry groupings - the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which represents big tech companies such as Meta, Bharti Airtel and Amazon; and the startup body Empower India - have formally asked the IT ministry not to shorten the compliance timeline under India's new data protection law, warning that doing so would strain businesses and disrupt operations.

February 4 was the last day for stakeholders to submit their recommendations to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on the proposed changes.

Both bodies have urged the government to retain the originally notified 18-month transition period for implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act a...