Abeyance of regulatory amendment: Public Notice kept in abeyance; prior wastage norms and SIONs restored for interim reassessment. DGFT places Public Notice No. 05/2024 in abeyance until 31 August 2024 under powers of the Foreign Trade Policy; prior wastage norms in the Handbook of Procedures 2023 and SIONs M1 to M7 are restored for the interim period while permissible wastages and SIONs are reassessed following representations from the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council.