IBC process efficiency enhanced through streamlined filings, NeSL default recognition, and mandatory bank monitoring of large accounts.
Lenders must establish systems to efficiently assign eligible debt to NARCL and address inter creditor issues caused by differential security structures and additional or exclusive collateral. To expedite insolvency resolution under the IBC, banks should simplify filings, engage more experienced counsel, and ensure regular senior management monitoring of high value cases. Record of default from NeSL was proposed as sufficient evidence of default to facilitate admission of insolvency applications, and enhanced collaboration among banks' legal teams, NeSL and the insolvency regulator was recommended; MDs will closely monitor top accounts.

Economic Census approval delayed as multiple states withhold or await provisional results, preventing nationwide finalization.
Field operations for the 7th Economic Census are complete but nationwide results remain unfinalized because several States and UTs have either not approved provisional findings or have pending approval decisions; West Bengal did not participate in the census but supplied sectoral agriculture and mining data used for GDP compilation.

Per capita income disparity across States highlights uneven development and prompts focus on inclusive growth measures.
Per capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) varies markedly across States and Union Territories for 2020-21 to 2022-23, with State/UT-wise figures at current and constant (2011-12) prices tabulated in Annexures I and II. The release attributes differences to differing economic development levels and outlines Government measures aimed at inclusive growth-targeted schemes for income support, agricultural credit and insurance, infrastructure and liquidity support, and rural livelihood and social assistance programmes. Data are sourced from State Directorates of Economics & Statistics; some UT estimates are not compiled.

Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting reframes ESG disclosures as strategic investment and a compliance framework for responsible corporate conduct.
BRSR and ESG disclosure obligations are framed as strategic frameworks for corporate transparency and accountability, with disclosures serving as a roadmap to engage stakeholders and integrate sustainability into corporate strategy. The workshop linked ESG with NGRBC principles, emphasizing materiality and saliency approaches, human rights due diligence, DE&I, and women- and children-friendly policies as operative elements for legal compliance and responsible business conduct.

Investor protection: workshop promotes claiming unclaimed funds and simplifying procedures to return financial assets to rightful claimants.
The IEPFA-NCAER workshop concentrated on enhancing investor awareness and procedures for claiming unclaimed financial assets (provident funds, shares, dividends, deposits/debentures). It outlined IEPFA's administrative role in securing and facilitating refunds from the Investor Education and Protection Fund and identified claim settlement obstacles-incomplete or mismatched documentation, legal issues, delayed discrepancy responses, and lack of claimant awareness-while promoting youth engagement, grassroots outreach, and procedural steps to simplify recovery and improve financial inclusion.

Responsible Business Conduct: national conference to promote embracing ESG and showcase stakeholder initiatives for sustainable business practices.
National Conference on Responsible Business Conduct 2023, organized by the School of Business Environment at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, will promote adoption of Environmental, Social and Governance practices by addressing challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, human rights and resilience, and by facilitating engagement among government, corporate and civil society stakeholders on implementing ESG in business strategy.