Bilateral trade and investment dialogue to expand India-Singapore strategic partnership and explore new commercial opportunities.
Senior Indian Ministers will participate in the 2nd India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable to engage Singaporean counterparts and leading business investors, review the Strategic Partnership, and pursue measures to deepen bilateral trade and investment by facilitating commercial engagement, promoting investment opportunities in India's market, and identifying new cooperation avenues.

Decriminalisation and compliance simplification urged: chartered accountants asked to advise and embrace modern technologies widely.
The minister urged chartered accountants to provide practical suggestions to simplify the IT Act and related laws, advocate decriminalisation of provisions, ease compliance burdens, and improve Ease of Doing Business, while mastering AI and other modern technologies to support regulatory reform and national economic objectives.

Investor grievance redressal: IEPFA's Niveshak Sunwai improves claimant access and demystifies IEPF e Forms process through local outreach sessions.
The IEPFA held a Niveshak Sunwai meet in Ahmedabad to address claimant grievances and streamline processes related to IEPF e-Forms, providing on the spot facilitation via staffed desks, e Form walkthroughs, and direct interaction with IEPFA officials and nodal officers to aid claims for refunds of shares, unclaimed dividends, and matured deposits/debentures.

Administrative appointment: Senior IAS officer assumes Secretary role, noting prior central and state leadership experience.
Assumption of charge documents the administrative appointment of Shri Amardeep Singh Bhatia, an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1993 batch from the Nagaland cadre, to the post of Secretary in the central department responsible for promotion of industry and internal trade, noting his prior service as Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce and extensive central and state administrative experience.

Competition approval for acquisition of majority stake in Invesco Asset Management and Trustee by IndusInd International.
The Competition Commission of India approved the proposed combination in which IndusInd International Holdings Limited, through a wholly owned subsidiary IIHL AMC Holdings Limited, will acquire a majority shareholding in Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited and Invesco Trustee Private Limited; Invesco Trustee and Invesco AMC act as trustee and asset manager of Invesco Mutual Fund and hold requisite regulatory approvals, and a detailed CCI order will follow.

Independent director certification expands defence officers' roles on corporate boards, enhancing corporate governance and board leadership.
A two-week certification programme by IICA and DGR prepares senior defence officers to serve as Independent Directors through orientation on the conceptual and regulatory framework of corporate governance, roles and responsibilities of independent directors, desired behavioural and professional traits, and comparative insights across public, military and corporate governance to enable effective board contribution.

Board governance improvements through enhanced access to the Independent Director Databank and coordinated use of executive search firms.
Roundtable consultation convened by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs focused on strengthening board governance through coordinated engagement with executive search firms, highlighting the value and features of the Independent Director Databank, and exploring measures to increase search firm access, improve utilization of external consultants for board mandates, and inform future IICA initiatives to enhance corporate governance and board recruitment.

Demerger of municipal solid waste and waste to energy businesses: new entity to mirror existing shareholding post restructuring.
The CCI approved Re Sustainability Limited's demerger of its municipal solid waste and waste to energy businesses into newly incorporated Ramky Sustainability Solutions Private Limited, with RSSPL's post transaction shareholding to mirror ReSL's existing shareholding between Metropolis and the Founding Group; the Founding Group will cede certain rights in ReSL's retained businesses and Metropolis will cede certain rights in the Demerged Businesses. MWML will amalgamate into ReSL and cease to exist, and RSSPL will house the Demerged Businesses.

Merger control: Approval granted for acquisition of full equity and control in multiple SPVs by an infrastructure investment trust.
Approval records the acquisition by an irrevocable, SEBI registered Infrastructure Investment Trust of full equity, management and control in multiple project SPVs previously held by PNC Infratech entities, focusing on the transfer of ownership and control in concession holding entities operating roads under Hybrid Annuity Model and Build Operate Transfer frameworks.