On November 18, 2022, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (Bill) for public consultation. This Bill seeks to provide a comprehensive framework for the processing of digital personal data. In two parts, Counselence Connect will analyse the Bill. Part I yields its focus to the salient features of the Bill with respect to Chapter I (Preliminary) and Chapter II (Obligations of Data Fiduciary). Part II, which will be released next week, will summarise the Bill in the context of Chapters III-VI.