Ch IPreliminary
S.1 Short title and commencementS.2 DefinitionsS.3 Application and scopeCh IIObligations of Data Fiduciary
S.4 Grounds for processingS.5 NoticeS.6 ConsentS.7 Certain legitimate usesS.8 Data Fiduciary obligationsS.9 Children’s dataS.10 Significant Data FiduciaryCh IIIRights and duties of Data Principal
S.11 Right to accessS.12 Correction and erasureS.13 Grievance redressalS.14 Right to nominateS.15 Duties of the Data PrincipalCh IVSpecial provisions
S.16 Transfer outside IndiaS.17 ExemptionsCh VData Protection Board of India
S.18 Establishment of the BoardS.19 Composition of the BoardS.20 Salary and term of officeS.21 DisqualificationsS.22 Resignation and vacanciesS.23 Proceedings of the BoardS.24 Officers and employeesS.25 Members as public servantsS.26 Powers of the ChairpersonCh VIBoard powers and procedure
S.27 Powers and functions of the BoardS.28 Procedure followed by the BoardCh VIIAppeal and dispute resolution
S.29 Appeal to the Appellate TribunalS.30 Tribunal orders as a decreeS.31 Alternate dispute resolutionS.32 Voluntary undertakingCh VIIIPenalties
S.33 Penalties and the ScheduleS.34 Penalties to Consolidated FundCh IXMiscellaneous
S.35 Good-faith protectionS.36 Power to call for informationS.37 Blocking of accessS.38 Consistency with other lawsS.39 Bar of jurisdictionS.40 Power to make rulesS.41 Laying of rules before ParliamentS.42 Power to amend the ScheduleS.43 Power to remove difficultiesS.44 Amendments to other ActsConcept
The Schedule is the table at the end of the Act that fixes the maximum penalty for each type of breach.
TL;DR
The Schedule (referenced in Section 33) is the table at the end of the DPDP Act that fixes the maximum penalty for each type of breach, with security failures at the top and individual duties at the bottom. The government can amend it but cannot more than double any penalty.
The Schedule sets the maximum penalties: reasonable security safeguards (Section 8(5)) up to two hundred and fifty crore rupees; breach intimation (Section 8(6)) up to two hundred crore; children's obligations (Section 9) up to two hundred crore; Significant Data Fiduciary obligations (Section 10) up to one hundred and fifty crore; Data Principal duties (Section 15) up to ten thousand rupees; and any other provision up to fifty crore rupees.
The Schedule turns the penalty power into concrete numbers, tied to which obligation was broken. Security failures sit at the top, individual duties at the bottom.
The Central Government can amend the Schedule, but cannot more than double any penalty from what the Act originally set.
A failure to notify a breach maps to the Schedule entry of up to two hundred crore rupees.
What is the lowest penalty?
Up to ten thousand rupees, for breach of a Data Principal's duties under Section 15.
Can the amounts change?
The government may amend the Schedule but cannot more than double any original penalty.
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