Auto-enrolment under National Pension System proposed to extend pension coverage with opt out mechanism and expanded outreach.
Regulatory action contemplated includes consideration of an auto enrolment arrangement within the National Pension System to create soft compulsion for employees in government identified sectors and parts of the unorganised sector, operable through an opt out design, while the regulator will increase outreach of the National Pension System and Atal Pension Yojana and promote financial literacy and subscriber mobilisation.

Public housing memorandum establishes interagency framework and PMC appointment to address government accommodation shortage.
A memorandum of understanding was executed between a central economic affairs department and a state-owned construction corporation to develop a public housing project for officers on ministry-allocated government land in the national capital; the construction entity has been appointed as Project Management Consultancy under the MoU to address an acute shortfall in Government General Pool Accommodation.

India-Saudi Arabia Joint Commission Meeting: co-chair to open Saudi-Indian Business Council and meet Saudi trade minister
The Union Finance Minister will undertake a two-day official bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia to co-chair the India-Saudi Arabia Joint Commission Meeting in Riyadh, open the Saudi-Indian Business Council, visit the India Pavilion at the Janadriyah festival, and meet the Saudi Minister of Trade & Investment along with other senior Saudi dignitaries.

Prospectus and allotment amendment rules invite stakeholder comments via designated email with specified contact and format requirements.
Invitation for public consultation on the draft Companies (Prospectus and allotment of Securities) Amendment Rules, 2018 posted on the ministry website, requesting stakeholder suggestions by the specified deadline via the designated email. Submissions must include name, contact number, email and postal address and follow the prescribed format identifying serial number, rule number, suggestion and brief justification.

Beneficial interest rules consultation: stakeholders invited to submit structured comments with justifications by prescribed deadline.
Notice solicits stakeholder comments on the proposed Companies (Beneficial Interest and Significant Beneficial Interest) Rules, 2018 via email, requiring each submission to include the sender's name, contact details, and a structured format mapping suggestions to specific rule numbers with brief justifications; the draft rules are posted on the Ministry website and a deadline for receipt of comments is specified.

Beneficial ownership rules require declarations, company registers and Tribunal-backed restrictions for unidentified significant beneficial owners.
The draft Rules require declarations by registered owners (Form BEN-1) and beneficial owners (Form BEN-2) within thirty days of registration or acquisition, company filing of returns (Form BEN-3) and maintenance of a register and returns for significant beneficial owners (Forms BEN-4, BEN-5, BEN-6). Companies must issue prescribed notices (Form BEN-7) to ascertain SBOs; recipients must respond within thirty days or the company may apply to the Tribunal for restrictions on the shares, including transfer, dividend and voting suspensions. The Rules include specified forms, inspection and fee provisions, limited exemptions and incorporate an amendment broadening the concept of beneficial interest and prescribing penalties for non-compliance.

Duties of resolution professionals stressed: continuous training and robust bidding processes to facilitate value creating insolvency resolutions.
IBBI convened a conclave highlighting the duties of resolution professional, the need for continuous professional training and specialised in house expertise within Insolvency Professional Agencies, and the role of insolvency professionals as facilitators of value creation through robust process flows and governance in bidding and resolution steps.

Company incorporation simplification via SPICe mandates standardized e MoA/e AoA, digital signatures, and ticketed support.
The SPICe e Form creates a standardized electronic framework for company formation by mandating linked standard formats for eMoA and eAoA, permitting incorporation with a pre approved name, and requiring Digital Signature Certificates for subscribers and witnesses in place of ink signatures. It also implements machine tracking of stakeholder changes and a technical support system with ticketing, dedicated e mail, and helpline facilities to resolve issues within specified timelines.

MSME Sentiment Index launched to track business outlook and signal market and trade headwinds for policy use.
CriSidEx is a composite, survey-based MSME sentiment index built as a diffusion index from eight parameters on a 0-200 scale, producing a survey-quarter reading and a next-quarter expectation series to enable independent time-series analysis and to flag production-cycle headwinds and export import sentiment for policy and market monitoring.