1. Governance/organizational
   
   • Appoint a Data Protection Officer (mandatory if you’re a Significant Data Fiduciary, recommended otherwise) or a grievance officer for smaller entities.
   • Data mapping/inventory — know what personal data you hold, where, and why.
   • Privacy policy, notice templates, and internal data-handling SOPs.
   • Vendor/processor contracts updated for DPDP obligations.
   • Employee training.
2. Technical/security safeguards (Section 8(5)) — encryption, access controls, logging/monitoring, backups.
3. Consent infrastructure — granular, itemized, withdrawable consent; likely integration with a government-notified Consent Manager once that regime kicks in.
4. Data Principal rights workflows — access, correction, erasure, grievance redressal requests need a functioning intake + response process (a DSR — Data Subject/Principal Request — portal).
5. Breach response — a 72-hour-style notification process to the Data Protection Board of India (DPBI).
6. If you’re a Significant Data Fiduciary (SDF) — additional mandatory audits, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA), and stricter obligations.

Software categories that map to this

• Consent Management Platform (CMP) — cookie/consent banners, granular consent logs, withdrawal handling. This is the core piece most vendors sell.
• Data discovery/classification tools — find and tag personal data across systems.
• DSR/rights-request portals — for handling access/correction/erasure requests.
• Breach management & DPO/audit dashboards.
• Vendor/third-party risk management modules.