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RULE-23 Tranche 3 (13 May 2027) — Core Operating Cliff
Status: scheduled, not yet operative
Rule 23: Information call for Seventh Schedule purposes
Seventh Schedule is information purposes/persons, not nomination.
Regulated Actor: Central Government through authorised person; fiduciary/intermediary
Gazette Baseline: Lines 1402–1411
Subordinate Trigger
Information call for Seventh Schedule purposes
Applies to: Central Government through authorised person; fiduciary/intermediary
Rule Prescriptions
Furnish within period given in such order (corrigendum); secrecy requirement for stated prejudicial effects.
Exceptions & Provisos
Disclosure exception only with authorised person written permission.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Rules Publication)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025.
23. Calling for information from Data Fiduciary or intermediary. — (1) The Central Government may,
for such purposes of the Act as are specified in Seventh Schedule, acting through the corresponding
authorised person specified in the said Schedule, require any Data Fiduciary or intermediary to furnish such
information as may be called for, within the specified period as may be given in such.
(2) Where the disclosure of furnishing of information as referred to in sub-rule (1) is likely to prejudicially
affect the sovereignty and integrity of India or security of the State, the Central Government may require
the Data Fiduciary or intermediary to not disclose such furnishing to affected Data Principal or any other
person except with the previous permission, in writing, of the authorised person.
(3) For the purposes of this rule, the expression “intermediary” shall have the same meaning as assigned to
it in the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).
Mapped Operational Controls (1)
Enterprise obligations in the Control Master Matrix implementing this subordinate rule.