Multistate Registration enables normal taxpayers seeking GST registration under the same PAN in more than one State or Union Territory to apply simultaneously. A Master TRN is generated after selection of the intended jurisdictions and must be submitted with Common Registration Information. Individual TRNs are then generated for each selected jurisdiction, with common information auto-populated and editable. Applicants must provide principal and additional places of business, State-specific information, and Aadhaar authentication.

CAPEX 2026 collects information from selected large private corporate enterprises on past, provisional and intended capital expenditure across asset groups and sectors, including investment strategies, financing, green energy and robotics. Responses are self-compiled through a secure portal with bilingual and digital assistance. Complete, accurate and timely reporting supports validation and aggregate investment indicators. Individual enterprise information is protected through confidentiality safeguards, and unit-level CAPEX data are not disseminated.

Trade-negotiation capacity-building introduced foundational trade theory and the WTO framework, followed by instruction on treaty interpretation, trade data and dispute settlement. Specialised sessions addressed trade remedies, rules of origin, non-tariff measures, intellectual property rights, digital trade and services. It also considered labour, environmental and sustainability issues, including carbon border adjustment and deforestation requirements, within an increasingly complex global trade environment.

India maintains public stockholding, procures food from small and marginal farmers, and may adopt temporary, transparent measures during harvest shortfalls to preserve food availability and affordability. These food-security measures are identified as recognised within the WTO framework. A distinction is advanced between legitimate food-security interventions and coercive trade actions used to exert pressure on other countries. G20 Trade Ministers reached consensus on a statement addressing the weaponization of food through coercive trade actions and committed to continued cooperation.

The Cyber Appellate Tribunal is vested with specified civil court powers for discharging its functions under the Information Technology Act. It may set aside orders dismissing applications for default, set aside ex parte orders passed by it, and requisition public records, documents, and electronic records from any court or office.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code seeks faster, value-maximising resolutions through legislative responsiveness, technology adoption and adherence to prescribed timelines. Reform priorities include reducing case-disposal delays, speeding consideration of resolution plans, revising admission thresholds, mediation and sector-specific carveouts. The framework is associated with creditor recoveries, rescue of viable businesses and changed debtor-creditor behaviour.

Controller of Certifying Authorities must observe the Information Technology Security Guidelines and the Security Guidelines for Certifying Authorities to assure the secrecy and security of digital signatures. Digital signatures authenticate electronic records through an electronic method or procedure under the Information Technology Act, 2000. Terms not separately defined carry their meanings under that Act.

Operation Jagriti promotes drug abuse and addiction awareness among students by addressing the harmful effects of substance use and practical prevention measures. Students are encouraged to avoid drugs, spread prevention awareness among peers and communities, and contribute responsibly to the Nasha Mukt Bharat objective of a drug-free India.

Website blocking is administered through CERT-In as the single authority, following verification of complaint authenticity and a finding that blocking is absolutely essential. Eligible public authorities and courts may submit complaints identifying the offending website, grounds for blocking, and affected audience. Technical review, committee examination, departmental approval, and instructions to block form the ordinary process, which is to conclude within seven working days. Emergency blocking may occur immediately after required consultation. Processing is confidential, with mandatory recordkeeping, reporting, audit access, and no fee for the service.

Website blocking follows a centralised process requiring the Computer Emergency Response Team-India to authenticate complaints and determine that blocking is absolutely essential. It issues instructions to the Department of Telecommunications, which secures implementation through Internet Service Providers and reports compliance. Blocking requests may be referred by specified governmental, security, law-enforcement, information-technology, commission-based, and court channels, as well as other bodies specified by the Government.

Secretaries of Information Technology Departments in every State and Union Territory are appointed as Adjudicating Officers for Information Technology Act purposes. The appointments rest on the statutory rank threshold and prescribed information technology and legal or judicial experience. Each corresponding Department must provide infrastructure and maintain records of matters handled by its Adjudicating Officer.

Central Government brought the Information Technology (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2002 into immediate force to correct specified provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The changes revise the failure to maintain prescribed procedures and standards, correct wording concerning a key, remove a limitation in the digital-signature disclosure provision, replace "Chapter" with "Act" in an offence provision, and correct an internal cross-reference in the rule-making provision.

Item (g) in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Information Technology Act, 2000 is substituted to revise the prescribed manner of digital-signature authentication. Authentication must comply with the manner and standards in rules 3 to 12 of the Digital Signature (End entity) Rules, 2015, insofar as they govern the creation, storage, and verification of digital signatures.

Under the Information Technology Act, 2000, column (3), item (b), of the Second Schedule is amended by omitting the words "on hardware security module". The amendment affects the stated electronic signature or electronic authentication technique and procedure, removes that wording from the specified entry, and takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette as an operative textual change.

Electronic authentication of electronic records through Aadhaar e-KYC is incorporated as an electronic-signature technique supporting Digital Signature Certificate issuance. Certificate issuance requires e-authentication, prescribed applicant particulars, digitally signed verified Aadhaar e-KYC information, and electronic consent. Trusted third-party services may generate and store subscriber key pairs on hardware security modules and create digital signatures, subject to prescribed application procedures, Controller-issued guidelines, and applicable certification standards.

Import of scheduled insecticides for non-insecticidal purposes requires an import permit, including where the imported substance is acrylonitrile. Applications must be filed in Form IA with the prescribed fee and may be verified through enquiry. Permits ordinarily remain valid for one year, or three years when the importer holds a registration certificate for the pesticide for which the goods are raw material. Form IA requires applicant, premises, proposed import, manufacturing-use, licence, pollution-control, consumption-history and self-certification details. Imports must be for the applicant's own stated requirements and not for sale; incomplete applications may be rejected and incorrect information may lead to cancellation.

Central Government amended the Second Schedule to the Information Technology Act, 2000 under section 3A(4). The amendment inserts "or other" after "Aadhaar" in column (2) and in item (c) of column (3). Item (e) of column (3) is also expanded by adding "and other e-KYC services" after the reference to a subscriber's key pair.

Advance Authorisation replenishment and redemption are questioned where goods covered by a duty-free authorisation were instead procured under a temporary basic customs duty exemption, used for manufacture, and exported with the authorisation number declared. After withdrawal of the temporary exemption, the issue is whether replenishment imports may proceed under the Advance Authorisation and whether it may be redeemed against those exports. No express replenishment restriction is identified under the temporary exemption, Foreign Trade Policy or Handbook of Procedures.

The Sub-Committee on Trade Finance under the Niryat Protsahan sub-scheme of the Export Promotion Mission is reconstituted with a uniform composition for all trade-finance interventions. It has two Co-Chairs, designated members and invitees from relevant trade-finance and credit-guarantee institutions, and the Joint DGFT of the EPM Section acts as Convenor. Additional participants, domain experts and industry representatives may be associated where required for technical appraisal or other purposes.

Banks maintaining non-resident deposit accounts are to file the monthly NRD-CSR return, code R012, through the CIMS Sankalan portal using rationalised bank-wise consolidated reporting formats. Filing may occur through system-to-system integration, XML file upload, or a screen-based web form, with screen-based submission limited to 2,000 records. RBI manages reporting access and channels, while bank admin-users manage user access. The nodal office must submit the return on or before the tenth day of the following month.