New Delhi: India’s data protection rulebook could be moving into a faster lane. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is weighing a plan to sharply compress compliance timelines under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act Rules, 2025.

People aware of the matter say the proposal surfaced during a closed-door meeting on January 22, 2026. The idea is to cut the originally notified 18-month transition window and move certain provisions to immediate, three-month, or twelve-month enforcement. The focus appears to be on areas where the........

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