Funding Research and Studies under Corporate Data Management sets eligibility, approval process, compliance obligations and grant disbursal procedures.
The guidelines create a scheme component to fund research, publications and dissemination events using MCA21 data, establish a Technical Committee to vet and amend proposals, and prescribe eligibility for non profit institutions and qualified individuals while excluding projects with commercial or multinational funding. The Committee's recommendations are processed for administrative and financial approval, grants are subject to ceilings and staged disbursal tied to deliverables, and breaches or suppression of eligibility may trigger blacklisting; unaddressed matters follow the General Financial Rules.

Withdrawal of Guidance Notes aligns accounting guidance with Companies Act amendments, removing outdated practice-specific guidance and consolidating statutory compliance.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has withdrawn five Guidance Notes-on Depreciation, Revaluation Reserve treatment, issues from Schedule XIV amendments, remuneration to key managerial personnel as related party transactions, and applicability of AS 20 (Earnings Per Share)-because the guidance they provided has been addressed by changes introduced in the Companies Act, 2013.

FDI liberalisation expands sectoral openness and streamlines approvals to attract foreign investors and boost manufacturing.
The address sets out a policy package to attract foreign investment and expand manufacturing under Make in India, detailing FDI liberalisation across sectors, regulatory deregulatory measures and extended licence validity, notification of Alternative Investment Fund regulations, capital gains rationalisation for REITs, and modifications to permanent establishment norms. It highlights expedited clearances, deferral of General Anti-Avoidance Rules implementation, introduction of the GST Bill, work on a new bankruptcy code, creation of an India Investment and Infrastructure Fund, issuance of Tax Free Infrastructure Bonds, and commitments to a transparent tax and Intellectual Property Rights framework.

RFP eligibility criteria clarified: experience, team deployment, payments, IP and liability provisions maintained; performance security upheld.
Pre-bid minutes record bidder queries and DIPP clarifications on eligibility, evaluation and contract mechanics: consortium project experience counts for project numbers while lead partner experience governs other criteria; team size is bidder-determined with full-time deployment expected and at least two onsite personnel; educational and experience thresholds remain as per RfP. Payment schedules and deliverable timelines are specified (no advance; submission-linked and quarterly payments); bidders bear most costs except DIPP-requested tours. Requests to reduce EMD, performance security, liability caps, or other relaxations were declined; IP vests with the client and professional indemnity insurance is required.