Price data sharing norms for investor education are revised to a thirty-day lag, with special one-day access for NISM simulation labs.
Price data may be shared and used for investor education and awareness activities with a thirty-day lag, replacing the earlier one-day sharing norm and the three-month usage norm for entities solely engaged in education. The revised framework prohibits any monetary incentive to participants and requires MIIs and registered market intermediaries to exercise due diligence when sharing such data. Market price data may be shared with NISM with a one-day lag for use in its simulation lab, supported by legal agreements containing safeguards against misuse and maintenance of an audit trail.

Pre-shipment inspection agency enlistment and instrument updation set conditions for certificate issuance through the DGFT portal.
Pre-Shipment Inspection Agencies are enlisted and updated in Appendix-2G under para 2.52(c) of the Handbook of Procedure, 2023, with DGFT recognising fourteen agencies as PSIAs for issuance of Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificates through the DGFT portal. Two existing PSIAs are also permitted to add additional approved instruments to their existing lists. The approvals are stated to have been granted on the basis of applications considered by the Inter-Ministerial Committee and the comments and recommendations of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

Investor Risk Reduction Access platform discontinued as contingency trading and business continuity measures now cover broker disruptions.
Discontinuation of the Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform follows SEBI's view that the platform has become structurally redundant because stock brokers now operate under stronger business continuity, cyber resilience and contingency trading arrangements. The circular records that the IRRA platform, originally introduced as an alternative trading access point during disruptions, was not accessed by brokers after operationalisation. SEBI has therefore discontinued the IRRA platform with immediate effect and advised Stock Exchanges to disseminate the circular to stock brokers.

GST appellate filing procedure sets committee review, monetary thresholds, and time-bound appeal drafting before the tribunal.
Standard operating procedure prescribed for filing departmental applications and appeals before the GST Appellate Tribunal in Uttarakhand under the State GST law. The instructions apply to adverse first appellate or revisional orders, taxpayer-filed appeals requiring cross-objections or replies, and cases proposed to be dropped, subject to a disputed amount threshold exceeding Rs. 20 lakh and the procedure laid down by the headquarters guidelines. The process involves committee scrutiny, fixed time limits for comments and review, preparation of appeal memoranda in English with translated annexures, filing through the Tribunal portal, and case-wise authorization of officers to represent the Department before the Tribunal.

Safeguard duty exemptions for steel flat products are system-enabled through Bill of Entry declarations and prescribed info codes.
Implementation of safeguard duty exemptions for non-alloy and alloy steel flat products is operationalised through system-based qualifiers in the Single Window Table of the Bill of Entry. Importers claiming exemption must declare the prescribed details under the relevant exemption code, reflecting CIF price thresholds, country-of-origin conditions and excluded product categories. The Annexure maps specific info codes to exempted product categories and scope exclusions, while field formations are instructed to ensure uniform electronic implementation and sensitisation of officers and trade.

Export cargo damage procedure guides cancellation, amendment, and back to town processing after a fire incident at a customs facility.
Procedure prescribed for customs action in respect of export cargo damaged in a fire incident at JWR CFS, including identification of affected shipping bills, verification of damage through surveyor reports and supporting documents, and filing of applications by exporters or customs brokers for cancellation or amendment of shipping bills. Where the cargo is registered but LEO has not been given, cancellation, amendment, or Back to Town processing may be allowed after verification; where LEO has been given but stuffing report has not been submitted, the LEO is to be cancelled first and then the shipping bill cancellation, amendment, or Back to Town action taken as applicable.

Zonal committee for adverse GST appellate and revisional orders set up to assess further departmental action and tribunal responses.
A Zonal Committee is constituted for the Garhwal and Kumaon Zones to examine cases disposed of at the first appellate or revisional stage where orders adverse to the Department have been passed. The Committee may recommend filing an application, propose that a matter be dropped, and scrutinize the Memorandum of Cross Objections or reply to be filed before the GST Appellate Tribunal. Detailed records are to be supplied for zone-wise scrutiny, and the Committee will function temporarily until a statutory body is constituted at headquarters level.

Delegation of powers under state GST law limited to jurisdiction-specific action by designated tax .
Delegation of the power under Section 113(3) of the Uttarakhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by the Commissioner of State Tax to the Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner and State Tax Officer, subject to strict exercise within each officer's respective jurisdiction unless otherwise specified. The earlier order dated 30.06.2017 is modified to the extent of this revised delegation arrangement.

Goods and services tax appellate procedure authorizes departmental officers to file replies, rejoinders, and cross-objections before the tribunal.
Authorization is issued for proceedings before the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal under Section 112 of the Uttarakhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, where an appeal is filed against an order under Section 107 or Section 108. In such appeals, the respondent party may file a memorandum of cross-objections before the Tribunal. Where the Commissioner, State Tax, is the respondent, the appropriate adjudicating officer and Deputy Commissioners (Internal Audit) are authorized to file the reply, rejoinder, and cross-objections.

Monetary limits for GST appeals bar unnecessary departmental litigation, with exceptions for constitutional and interpretive issues.
Monetary limits are prescribed for departmental appeals and applications under the Uttarakhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, pursuant to the National Litigation Policy. Appeals are not to be filed below the notified thresholds for the GST Appellate Tribunal, High Court, and Supreme Court, subject to specified exceptions such as constitutional issues, valuation, classification, refund, place of supply, recurring interpretive issues, and other matters where the Commissioner considers intervention necessary. The instructions also specify the method for computing the relevant disputed amount and state that non-filing on monetary grounds does not amount to acceptance of the issue.

Authorised persons framework under foreign exchange law is rationalised to improve service delivery and ease compliance requirements.
The Reserve Bank has issued the Foreign Exchange Management (Authorised Persons) Regulations, 2026 to rationalise the framework for authorisation under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, improve delivery of foreign exchange services, and ease compliance requirements. All authorised persons must comply with the regulations as applicable to them. The Master Directions on money changing activities and other remittance facilities are being amended, and earlier A.P. (DIR Series) circulars listed in the annex are superseded.

RTI officer designation updated for customs commissionerate, with revised CPIO jurisdictions and unchanged appellate authorities.
Partial modification is made to the appointment of Central Public Information Officers under the Right to Information Act, 2005 for the Commissionerate of Customs (Port), Kolkata. The officers listed in Annexure-A are designated as CPIOs for the specified jurisdictions, while the previously notified First Appellate Authorities remain unchanged and the earlier public notices continue in force to the extent not modified. Appeals against CPIO decisions may be filed before the corresponding FAA under Section 19 of the RTI Act, 2005.

Customs relief facilities for Strait of Hormuz maritime disruptions continue temporarily, with existing terms and conditions remaining unchanged.
Customs facilities under specified circulars issued pursuant to Section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962, for maritime-route disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, remain valid until 15 May 2026. The extension covers the identified Customs circulars, while all existing facilities, terms and conditions remain unchanged. Implementation difficulties may be reported to the Assistant or Deputy Commissioner (Docks) through the designated official email address.

Central Public Information Officer appointment notice under the Right to Information Act, with jurisdiction and link officers specified.
Appointment of a Central Public Information Officer under the Right to Information Act, 2005 is notified for the Office of the Commissioner of Customs (General), Zone-1, Mumbai. Shri Mahesh S. Bhalerao, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, is appointed as CPIO with effect from 01.05.2026. The notice also identifies the jurisdiction of the CPIO, and names the first and second link officers for the concerned office.

Sea Cargo Manifest compliance extended as stakeholders must continue filing complete electronic declarations during transition.
Implementation of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 is being advanced for importers, exporters, shipping lines, custodians, Customs Brokers, Terminal Operators, SEZ units and ICD/CFS stakeholders. SCMTR messages for cargo movement between gateway ports and foreign ports have been implemented, and Stuffing messages are operational, though uniformity in filing remains incomplete. Certain messages remain under development and require testing across ICDs, CFSs, SEZs and gateway ports. During the extended transitional period, stakeholders must file complete and correct declarations electronically in the prescribed format.

Significant Indices framework sets AUM thresholds, registration duties, and grievance redressal rules for index providers.
SEBI has specified the criteria for identifying Significant Indices under the Index Provider framework. A listed-security benchmark or index is significant where the daily average cumulative mutual fund AUM tracking or benchmarking it exceeds Rs.20,000 crore for each of the past six months, and an index remains significant unless it falls below the threshold for three continuous years. Index Providers offering listed Significant Indices must seek SEBI registration within six months, subject to limited RBI benchmark exclusions, and separate legal entity requirements apply where index provider activity is carried on departmentally. Grievance redressal applies only to Significant Indices provided by SEBI-registered Index Providers.

AI-driven vulnerability detection demands stronger cyber resilience, coordinated monitoring, and controlled mitigation across regulated entities.
Emerging AI-driven vulnerability detection tools may increase cybersecurity risk by enabling rapid identification and possible exploitation of vulnerabilities, while also raising concerns relating to data confidentiality, application integrity and reliability of outputs. A coordinated vulnerability management approach is therefore required, with information sharing and monitoring across regulated entities to prevent cascading impact. The advisory directs regulated entities to strengthen cyber resilience through immediate patching or virtual patching, regular vulnerability assessment and security audits, structured change management, stronger API security, enhanced SOC monitoring, periodic risk assessment, system hardening, updated asset inventory and consultation for longer-term AI usage and autonomous mitigation.

Ad-hoc norms validity extended for advance authorisations, with repeat application allowed during the validity period.
Validity of ad-hoc norms ratified by the Norms Committee for Advance Authorisations under paragraph 4.07 is extended to 31.03.2028 for norms ratified on or after 01.04.2015. Other Advance Authorisation applicants may use such ratified norms on a repeat basis during the validity period, except for items listed in Appendix 4P and cases where non-applicability to other applications is expressly stated.

Customs validity extension for maritime disruption keeps specified facilities in force until mid-May.
Extension of the validity of facilities granted under circulars issued under Section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962 in view of continuing disruption in maritime routes caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The extended facilities covered by the specified circulars continue to remain in force up to 15 May 2026, while all other terms, conditions, and operational requirements remain unchanged.

Standard Input Output Norms notified for chemical and allied products to streamline Advance Authorisation processing and uniform approvals.
Four new Standard Input Output Norms (SIONs) are notified under the Chemical and Allied Product group for export products identified as SION Nos. A-3698, A-3699, A-3700 and A-3701. The notified entries specify the export product, the corresponding import item and the quantity allowed for each norm, including Cefuroxime Sterile Sodium with Cefuroxime Acid, NAS-5 with Tobias Acid, Tobramycin 300 mg/5 ml Nebuliser Solution with Tobramycin, and Schaeffers Acid with Beta Naphthol.