Electoral Bond Scheme: authorised bank branches to issue and encash bonds subject to purchaser and recipient eligibility and MCC compliance.
Electoral Bonds are purchasable by Indian citizens or India incorporated entities and may be bought singly or jointly; only Political Parties meeting Section 29A registration and the one percent vote threshold may receive and encash bonds, which must be encashed through an Authorised Bank account and are credited the same day. Bonds expire after fifteen calendar days from issue, and the Election Commission's conditional no objection requires no public references by political functionaries in polling constituencies and strict observance of MCC provisions. SBI was authorised to issue and encash bonds through twenty nine designated branches for the sale phase.

Financial sector regulation: emphasis on strengthening supervision, harmonising bank NBFC rules and fostering safe fintech innovation.
Regulatory emphasis is on strengthening supervision, harmonising standards across banks, NBFCs and UCBs, and enhancing governance, capital and liquidity buffers to absorb real-sector shocks. Measures include unified supervisory oversight, revised frameworks for Core Investment Companies and Housing Finance Companies, targeted liquidity support, harmonised exposure and risk-weight norms, and scale-based regulation for NBFCs. Parallel priorities are fostering safe FinTech innovation via regulatory sandboxes and an Innovation Hub, expanding interoperable payment infrastructure, and cautiously exploring a Central Bank Digital Currency while reinforcing cyber resilience, data protection and customer safeguards.

Infrastructure financing reforms to catalyse investment and boost domestic demand through monetisation and a new development finance institution.
Measures to boost domestic demand combine Atma Nirbhar Bharat and Production Linked Incentives with institutional and financing reforms: a National Infrastructure Pipeline of investible projects; equity support to the NIIF infrastructure debt platform; Cabinet approval for a Development Finance Institution (DFI) capitalised from the Budget to enable long term infrastructure financing; a National Monetization Pipeline for brownfield assets; and an updated Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme to support PPPs. Complementary steps include an interest free long term loan to states, employee consumption stimulus schemes, and targeted Budget Estimate adjustments for rural and sectoral programmes.

No frills cost and differentiation strategy to boost digital services competitiveness and invite global engagement for technology and trade.
India's strategy focuses on strengthening services competitiveness via cost leadership and differentiation, expanding services exports, and building digital infrastructure and cyber security to support international engagement. The policy couples a program of reforms in banking, financial sector, mining, agriculture and labour laws with measures to attract hi tech investment, upgrade skills and scale manufacturing and testing capacity to convert pandemic adjustments into sustained digital and export growth.

Market infrastructure regulations expand shareholding flexibility and governance while strengthening risk management for IFSC institutions.
The Authority adopted Market Infrastructure Institutions Regulations to permit flexible shareholding, enhanced governance, and strengthened risk management for MIIs in the IFSC, aligned with global standards. It approved draft Finance Company Regulations allowing non bank units as branches or local entities subject to FATF jurisdictional, capital and due diligence requirements, with activity based prudential and capital treatment. Banking unit permitted activities were expanded to include portfolio management and investment advisory services, and a fee structure for MIIs, intermediaries and international banking units in the IFSC was approved.

Government securities auction: re-issue with competitive and non-competitive bidding and reserved quota for individual investors.
Re-issue auctions of three Government Securities are announced with notified amounts and a government option to retain additional subscription up to a stated cap per security. Auctions will use the multiple price method and allot up to 5% to eligible bidders under the Non-Competitive Bidding Facility. Competitive and non-competitive bids must be submitted electronically on the E-Kuber system within prescribed windows; auction results and payment dates are specified. The securities are eligible for When Issued trading under RBI guidelines.

EV financing solutions mobilise capital and lower borrowing costs to scale electric vehicle adoption and infrastructure.
The report identifies finance as a central barrier to India's EV transition and proposes a ten-point toolkit to mobilise public and private capital, lower borrowing costs, improve loan availability, and enhance EV bankability. Principal measures include priority-sector lending, interest-rate subvention, OEM-financial institution partnerships with product guarantees, development of a formal secondary market to support resale values, and complementary steps such as digital lending, business model innovation, fleet electrification targets, and an open data repository to support underwriting and asset valuation.

Government securities auction re-issue: price-based multiple-price sale with non-competitive bidding and electronic E Kuber submission and payment schedule.
Re-issue auctions of multiple Central Government securities will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India using the multiple price method, with the Government retaining an option to accept additional subscriptions. Up to five percent of each notified amount is reserved for the Non Competitive Bidding Facility for eligible individuals and institutions. Competitive and non competitive bids must be submitted electronically on E Kuber within prescribed time windows on the auction date; results and payment/settlement dates are set out in the auction notice. The securities are eligible for When Issued trading under RBI guidelines.

Unallocated bullion accounts enabled in IFSC for trading, hedging and derivatives under a regulated risk and disclosure framework.
Banking Units in the IFSC are permitted to open and operate Unallocated Accounts for trading, hedging, swapping and participation in derivatives in Gold and Silver under the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Banking) Regulations, 2020; such activities by BUs and customer account openings are allowed subject to a Risk Management Framework and required Disclosures governing dealings in physical gold and silver.

Auction of government securities: price-based multiple-price sale with competitive and non-competitive bidding and when-issued trading eligibility.
Auction for re-issue of central government securities will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India using a price-based multiple price method with competitive and non-competitive bids submitted electronically on the E-Kuber platform within prescribed windows; the issuer may retain additional subscription against each security and up to five percent of each notified amount is reserved for eligible individuals and institutions under the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility, and the securities are eligible for when-issued trading under the Reserve Bank's guidelines.