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RULE-SCHEDULE-VII Tranche 3 (13 May 2027) — Core Operating Cliff
Status: scheduled, not yet operative
Schedule VII: r23(1) information purposes and r8(3) retention purposes
Not nomination; r8(3) does not confer active commercial-use permission.
Regulated Actor: Government authorised persons; fiduciaries under r8(3)
Gazette Baseline: Lines 1894–1921
Subordinate Trigger
r23(1) information purposes and r8(3) retention purposes
Applies to: Government authorised persons; fiduciaries under r8(3)
Rule Prescriptions
State sovereignty/security use; State statutory functions/disclosure; assessment for SDF notification; corresponding designated officers/persons.
Exceptions & Provisos
Authority must match row; does not itself establish an SDF designation.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Rules Publication)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025.
SEVENTH SCHEDULE
[See rule 23(1) and 8(3)]
S.
Purpose Authorised person
no.
(1) (2) (3)
1. Use, by the State or any of its instrumentalities, of Such officer of the State or of any of its
personal data of a Data Principal in the interest of instrumentalities notified under clause (a) of
sovereignty and integrity of India or security of sub-section (2) of section 17 of the Act, as the
the State. Central Government or the head of such
instrumentality, as the case may be, may
designate in this behalf.
[भाग II—खण्ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 41
2. Use, by the State or any of its instrumentalities, of Person authorised under applicable law.
personal data of a Data Principal for the following
purposes, namely: —
(i) performance of any function under any
law for the time being in force in India; or
(ii) disclosure of any information for
fulfilling any obligation under any law for
the time being in force in India.
3. Carrying out assessment for notifying any Data Such officer of the Central Government, in the
Fiduciary or class of Data Fiduciaries as Ministry of Electronics and Information
Significant Data Fiduciary. Technology, as the Secretary in charge of the
said Ministry may designate in this behalf.