India, Feb. 14 -- The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) is reportedly looking to extend the deadline for submitting feedback on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 by 15 days.

A government official told ET that the deadline will be pushed from February 18 to March 3, 2025.

According to ET, an official notification confirming the extension is expected soon.

The government released the draft DPDP Rules, 2025 on January 3, laying out the tentative terms of implementing the DPDP Act, which was passed in the Parliament in 2023.

The rules, when finalised and notified, will provide the teeth to the DPDP Act notified in the gazette on August 12, 2023.

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